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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Colin's parents when they are first mentioned?
(a) Sitting on his bed.
(b) Swimming in the ocean also.
(c) Down in the basement fighting about Colin.
(d) Looking at the pictures of Colin ex-girlfriends on his wall.

2. In what area does Colin not excel at school?
(a) Social.
(b) Art.
(c) Athletics.
(d) Biology.

3. What does Colin read over and over while alone in his room?
(a) His yearbook.
(b) A poem his last girlfriend wrote for him.
(c) A few poems he wrote for his last girlfriend.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Colin do for the first time since he and Katherine XIX broke up?
(a) Shrugs his shoulders and appears less attached.
(b) Refuses to answer a call from Katherine.
(c) Starts thinking about his next girlfriend.
(d) Cries.

5. What do Colin and Katherine IXI do in her basement after the coffee shop?
(a) Play a video game.
(b) Play air hockey.
(c) Watch a movie about prodigies.
(d) Watch a documetary about whales.

6. What does Hassan think is the answer to Colin's problems?
(a) A unique invention.
(b) A girlfriend with another name.
(c) A more varied workout.
(d) A belief in God.

7. Who is going to be teaching at summer camp?
(a) Hassan after they get back.
(b) Zeke.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Lindsey.

8. What does Colin think about as he is lying on the ground?
(a) Working in a convenience store.
(b) Meeting his first Katherine.
(c) Becoming a tour guide.
(d) The night of graduation.

9. Whose grave do Colin and Hassan decide to stop at?
(a) Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
(b) Flannery O'Connor.
(c) Margaret Mitchell.
(d) Faulkner.

10. When does Colin first meet Hassan?
(a) 9th grade.
(b) 3rd grade.
(c) 7th grade.
(d) 10th grade.

11. What theorem is Colin developing?
(a) The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability.
(b) The Theorem of Now.
(c) The Theorem of Latitude Probability.
(d) The Theorem of the Multi-colored Ducks.

12. For how long has Starnes lived in Gutshot?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few years.
(c) His whole life.
(d) Since he was forty-one.

13. What do Colin and Lindsey discuss when she checks on Colin?
(a) Providence.
(b) Probability.
(c) Popularity.
(d) Possibility.

14. Where do Colin and Hassan decide to go after gaining permission from their parents?
(a) The West Coast.
(b) They do not know.
(c) Washington, D. C.
(d) Canada.

15. What is significant about the person whose grave they visit?
(a) He is one of Colin's favorite authors.
(b) His death precipitated WWI.
(c) She was killed on the same street as Hassan's second cousin.
(d) She is an example of someone with great faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years has Starnes worked at the same place?

2. Who is Zeke?

3. What does Colin decide to burn?

4. What does Hassan want when he first wakes?

5. How many times has this same event occurred to Colin in the past?

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