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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Just as Angela and Tycho free the person trapped in the car, what happens?
2. IN Chapter 11, why did Dido call Tycho earlier in the day?
3. Who do Angela and Tycho discover sitting in the brush beside the car?
4. Roland's comment that he is not the only red-haired man in town is meant to imply what?
5. While Angela was at the bar, what was she drinking?
Short Essay Questions
1. Tycho asks his mother, while they are alone, where he got his name. What does his reaction to what she says tell you about him?
2. Angela is very upset by what Roland tells her in his office, and she decides to phone Dido and confront her. What does she tell Dido on the phone?
3. After the accident, Tycho returns home to find his family in an uproar. What has happened to upset the Potters?
4. After Angela has taken a shower and borrowed some of Tycho's clean clothes, she tells him where she has been since they parted at Roland's office. What does she say?
5. What do Angela and Tycho find when they hurry to the scene of the accident?
6. Describe the conversation that takes place between Angela and her grandmother in Chapter 15?
7. When Tycho learns what has happened in Roland's office, he tries to comfort Angela. How? And how does Angela respond?
8. How does Angela demonstrate that she is aware of Tycho's attraction to her?
9. While Angela and Tycho are tending to Jerry's injuries, who arrives on the scene? Why is Angela relieved at this arrival?
10. During his conversation with Dido on the phone, Dido says she called Tycho earlier and left a message. How does Tycho react to this news?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While the rest of the Potters go to Africa's party, Tycho stays home alone. When he speaks with Dido on the phone, she asks him if he were aware of Angela's plans to confront Roland. How does he answer, and why do you think he answers in this way?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 8, Angela enlists Tycho's help to carry off her plan to confront her father. While he waits for her in the car, he reads a book. What is the theme in the book that has caught his attention? And what is the significance of that theme to the events of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 2, Tycho's family is introduced. Describe the family dynamic of the Potters and the role each of the family members plays within this dynamic. How do you think having this particular family has influenced Tycho's personality and temperament?
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