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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. How does Tycho respond to Angela's threat regarding her plan?
(a) He knows she is serious, but he won't help her because it goes against his conscience.
(b) He is afraid that if he doesn't go along, the friendship will be ruined.
(c) He knows she is serious, so he agrees to help.
(d) He doesn't believe she will do what she says she will.

2. Africa changes her story in the second phone call. What does she say?
(a) Her husband hit the baby.
(b) She actually hit her husband.
(c) Her husband didn't hit her; he threatened to hit her.
(d) Her husband isn't even home.

3. Chapter 3 reveals that Tycho's mother is effectively the head of the household. Why?
(a) Mr. Potter is rarely home.
(b) Mr. Potter is disabled because of an accident.
(c) Mrs. Potter is overbearing and controlling, and no one will stand up to her, including Mr. Potter.
(d) Mr. Potter is mentally ill.

4. When Tycho points out that her father doesn't seem very happy to see Angela, how does she react?
(a) Angela says Tycho is being too negative.
(b) Angela says he probably didn't recognize her.
(c) Angela gets angry with Tycho.
(d) Angela defends him.

5. Robin and Angela make plans to meet later at the ____.
(a) Dance.
(b) Cemetary.
(c) Cafe near the school.
(d) Usual spot.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tycho, what property does truth have?

2. What is Angela's response when the man she believes is her father reacts the way he does?

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

4. Tycho is surprised when he watches Richard dressing. Why?

5. Angela has an idea of what she and Tycho can do for the day in Chapter 3. What does she propose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Angela tells Tycho about a story Dido used to tell her when she was a child. Describe the story and its significance.

2. Angela asks for Tycho's help in carrying out her plan to confront her father in his office. What does her asking Tycho, rather than someone else or rather than going to the office alone, tell us?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 7, Dido acts in a way that is out of character for her. Describe why.

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

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

7. How does the author make clear that Angela and the man in the coffee shop who resembles her are from entirely different worlds?

8. Dido asks Angela, during the picnic breakfast, why she doesn't date Tycho rather than Robin. Why? How does Angela respond?

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

10. What is the significance of the quote, "Where do we go from here?" at the end of Chapter 4?

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