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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. Africa's son is named ____.
(a) Henry.
(b) Hamry.
(c) Hamish.
(d) Hamlet.
2. Richard tells his father that both he and Tycho feel _____ toward Africa.
(a) Affection.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Love.
(d) Hatred.
3. Africa's parents do not pick her up because ____.
(a) She and her husband make up.
(b) She decides to go to a friend's house.
(c) It's too early.
(d) She lives too far away.
4. What philosophical idea does Tycho discuss with Angela?
(a) That the world is symmetrical.
(b) That the world is only an idea.
(c) That the earth revolves around the sun.
(d) That truth is only an idea.
5. Angela's mother's name is ____.
(a) Dido.
(b) Didi.
(c) Diana.
(d) Dina.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Tycho advised Angela to do about her father?
2. Why does Tycho respond to Angela's plan regarding her father in the way he initially does?
3. Angela tells Tycho that she first tried to find her father by ____.
4. Who drives the car in Chapter 8?
5. What reasoning does Angela initially give Tycho about her plan regarding her father?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Tycho attempts to talk Angela out of her plan to visit her father's office, Angela's response gives the reader an idea of how well she actually understands Tycho. How is this made clear?
2. In Chapter 4, Tycho puts forth an interesting idea about truth. Describe what he thinks about truth.
3. What does Angela tell Tycho about the men they see in the coffee shop, and how does he respond?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. What happens when Angela and Tycho come to a coffee bar on the street?
7. While Tycho waits for Angela to return from her father's office, he reads a book. What is the book about, and how does it mirror the events in the novel itself?
8. Although Tycho's brother Richard appears only a few times in the novel, in Chapter 2, he is described in some detail. How is Richard's character portrayed?
9. What does Angela's sharing her secret with Tycho, rather than with Robin, indicate about her relationships with the two boys?
10. What secret is Angela keeping from her mother in Chapter 1?
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