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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When two men emerge from the building across the street, Angela seems to recognize them. Tycho asks who they are. What does Angel tell him?
(a) She says one of the men is her father.
(b) She says she doesn't know.
(c) She says she is having an affair with a much older man.
(d) She says one of the men is her uncle.

2. What is Tycho's response to Angela's plan regarding her father?
(a) Tycho doesn't like the idea and refuses to help.
(b) Tycho doesn't like the idea at all.
(c) Tycho says that the plan is just plain silly.
(d) Tycho thinks Angela will not be satisfied until she finds out the truth, so he supports her plan.

3. Dido suggests that she and Angela do something different this morning. What does she suggest?
(a) Shopping.
(b) A picnic breakfast.
(c) Going to church.
(d) Going to a cafe for breakfast.

4. Angela tells Tycho that she first tried to find her father by ____.
(a) Consulting the phone book.
(b) Hiring a private investigator.
(c) Googling his name.
(d) Asking her mother for details.

5. Angela's mother says she values two things in her life, _____ and Angela.
(a) Creativity.
(b) Art.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Tycho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Angela's nickname for her best friend?

2. Dido's usual style of parenting is described as ______.

3. Dido used to tell Angela a story about a young girl. What was the girl's name?

4. When Angela asks her mother to tell her how her parents met, her mother says it was ____.

5. Both Angela and Tycho think that Dido doesn't renovate the house because ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Tycho does not appear until Chapter 2, we learn a fair amount about him through being privy to Angela's thoughts. How is Tycho described in the first chapter?

2. Angela asks Tycho to agree with her that her feeling of curiosity about Roland is natural and reasonable. How does Tycho respond?

3. Describe the scene in which Tycho and his family are introduced in the second chapter.

4. In Chapter 8, Angela tells Tycho of her plan to go to her father's place of business and meet with him face to face. How does Tycho respond?

5. While Dido and Angela are having a picnic breakfast, Angela becomes angry at her mother. Why? What does she accuse her mother of?

6. Describe the conversation Tycho and Richard have about Africa and what that reveals about their distinct characters.

7. In Chapter 7, how does the author make clear that Angela has a somewhat romanticized idea of Roland?

8. Angela is aware that Mrs. Potter does not like her. How is this demonstrated when she visits Tycho the day after Africa's phone call?

9. In Chapter 2, what evidence does the author give that demonstrates the sibling rivalry between Tycho and his brother and sister?

10. In Chapter 4, Tycho puts forth an interesting idea about truth. Describe what he thinks about truth.

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