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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. What does Tycho do while Angela is in the bathroom?
2. In Chapter 11, who does Tycho decide to make a phone call to?
3. As Tycho and Angela approach the car in Chapter 14, what do they hear?
4. Angela tells Tycho about her evening. She says she has been at a bar called ____.
5. At the end of Chapter 9, Angela refuses to take a ride home with Tycho. He gives her $10 and leaves. Where does he go?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to cut short Tycho's recounting of the accident to Richard?
2. When Tycho learns, during his conversation on the phone with Dido, that Angela has not returned home, what does his reaction tell us about his perception of Angela?
3. Describe the difficulty Angela and Tycho are faced with in attempting to get to Angela's house.
4. Dido finally tells Angela the whole story of the relationship between her and Roland. What does Angela find out?
5. 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?
6. In Chapter 10, Richard and Mr. Potter return from the liquor store, and is it clear they are in the middle of an argument. What is the argument about, and what does this scene tell us about Mr. Potter?
7. When Tycho learns what has happened in Roland's office, he tries to comfort Angela. How? And how does Angela respond?
8. Although Mrs. Potter is very traditional, it is also clear that she tries to be supportive of Tycho. With reference to Chapter 10, show how she does this.
9. Chapter 9 is a pivotal one, in that Angela finally has a chance to meet with Roland. Describe Roland's reaction to the meeting.
10. As Angela and Tycho walking toward her house, describe what occurs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 9, we get a more complete picture of Roland. In contrast to the falsehoods Dido has told Angela, Roland insists on telling Angela the truth. Is Roland being unnecessary cruel in this respect? What does this scene demonstrate about Roland and Dido as parents? As human beings?
Essay Topic 2
Roland clearly believes that he does not owe Angela anything or have any responsibility toward her. Is he correct in this? What does this attitude tell you about the kind of person he is at heart?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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