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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 Angela looks out the window at the beginning of the book, she sees her mother ___.
(a) In her underwear.
(b) In her car.
(c) In her jogging suit.
(d) In her nightgown.

2. Angela's mother's name is ____.
(a) Diana.
(b) Didi.
(c) Dido.
(d) Dina.

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

4. Angela's best friend's name is ___.
(a) Robin.
(b) Tyler.
(c) Tycho.
(d) Robert.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 8 makes clear that Tycho has another reason for responding to Angela's plan as he does. What is the other reason?

2. What does Angela do when the two men enter the building she and Tycho are in?

3. How does Angela rationalize her father's reaction to seeing her?

4. Where is the building the two men emerge from?

5. Tycho refers to his past attempts to impress people by making them think he was ____.

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. What does Angela's sharing her secret with Tycho, rather than with Robin, indicate about her relationships with the two boys?

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, the author portrays Angela as somewhat of a rebel and a bit unconventional. How do we know this?

6. 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?

7. Angela and Tycho come from entirely different worlds it seems. Compare the differences in their family lives.

8. Mr. Potter is portrayed as someone who is unsure of his position in the family. Describe how the author establishes this.

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

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

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