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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Colin and Hassan go after talking to Colin's parents?
(a) To the basement to work on a new invention Colin has thought of.
(b) To Hassan's house.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To the beach.

2. To what status does Colin refer when speaking to Hassan?
(a) Colin's status as the nineteenth Colin in his family.
(b) Colin's status as a track star.
(c) Colin's status as a prodigy.
(d) Colin's status as an only child.

3. What does Hassan do at the opening to Chapter 2?
(a) Calls Colin on his cell phone.
(b) Comes into Colin's room.
(c) Smashes some flowers near the curb with his car.
(d) Puts a mouse in Colin's family's mailbox.

4. In what grade is Colin when he meets his first Katherine?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 6th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 4th.

5. What has just happened to Colin?
(a) He was harassed by some bullies.
(b) His teacher just woke him by slamming a book on his desk.
(c) He was just scared by a large shark.
(d) He's just been dumped by his girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hassan think is the answer to Colin's problems?

2. What does the narrator say about the fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare"?

3. How do other children treat Colin in his first few years of school?

4. What does Hassan want when he first wakes?

5. What does Hassan use to convince his parents of the reasonableness of his idea for Colin and him?

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