View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosopher does Tycho mention in Chapter 4?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Marx.

2. Africa's husband's name is ____.
(a) Hudson.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Hamish.
(d) Harrison.

3. In Chapter 4, which character speaks the line: "Where do we go from here?"
(a) Angela.
(b) Tycho.
(c) Dido.
(d) Robin.

4. In the first scene in the novel, Angela is awakened by ____.
(a) Moonlight through the window.
(b) The sound of a lawn mower.
(c) Rain.
(d) A cat meowing.

5. Dido's usual style of parenting is described as ______.
(a) Interfering.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Hands off and noninterfering.
(d) Involved and interested.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tycho compares common sense and ______.

2. Angela has indicated that she is taking Tycho to an unknown place but won't tell him where. Where is she taking him?

3. How do Richard and Tycho describe Africa?

4. Richard is groaning about the possibility that Africa will return home. What does Tycho tell him?

5. Angela's mother says she values two things in her life, _____ and Angela.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Angela tentatively brings up the idea of a possible reunion between Dido and her father, how does Dido react?

2. Describe Tycho's reaction when he and Angela encounter a group of men with motorcycles as they are on their way to the secret location.

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

4. 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?

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

6. After seeing Roland, Angela recounts how she went about finding out about him. What does she tell Tycho?

7. It is clear, in the conversation Angela and Tycho have in the gully after their community service project, that Tycho has been affected by his father's disability. How do we know this?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,255 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample