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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is by the road that causes a traffic jam when Theo and Robin go back to the cabin after their camping trip for Robin's birthday?
(a) Grizzly bears.
(b) Herd of deer.
(c) Wild turkeys.
(d) Black bears.

2. What jewelry would Aly wear when she lobbied at the Capitol?
(a) Wolf necklace and cougar earrings.
(b) Diamond necklace and earrings.
(c) Owl pendant and wolf earrings.
(d) Sapphire necklace and earrings.

3. How many medications did two different physicians want to prescribe Robin?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. The Friday before winter holidays, what does Robin have taped to his rear belt loop?
(a) A long strip of paper.
(b) Paper towel tube.
(c) Piece of fur.
(d) Jute twine.

5. At the Art Co-op what type of pens does Theo buy Robin?
(a) Paint pens and markers.
(b) Drawing pens.
(c) Marking pens.
(d) Watercolor bush pens.

6. When Theo first became an astrobiologist, for how many years did his job make him feel like a child?
(a) 8.
(b) Dozen.
(c) 15.
(d) 9.

7. Where did Dr. McMillian hire Theo to assist on a summer field expedition?
(a) Lake Superior.
(b) Lake Erie.
(c) Lake Huron.
(d) Lake Michigan.

8. What did Alyssa used to read to their dog at night?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Essays.
(c) Whatever she was reading.
(d) Shakespeare.

9. How old is Inga Alder?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

10. For Robin's first DecNef treatment, what music is played?
(a) Goldberg Variations.
(b) Moonlight Sonata.
(c) Surprise Symphony.
(d) The Four Seasons.

11. On page 55, how long before Alyssa's death was the video that Robin wants to watch?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

12. What pajamas does Robin still wear that his mother bought him?
(a) Navy dragon pajamas.
(b) Black pajamas with glow-in-the dark planets and rockets.
(c) Brown plaid canoe pajamas.
(d) Black and gray pajamas with dinosaur skeletons.

13. About how many flowering plants are in the woods where Theo and Robin camp on his birthday?
(a) 2,100.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 800.
(d) 1,700.

14. What was Alyssa's field?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Physics.
(c) Law.
(d) Engineering.

15. What do people think ran in front of Alyssa's car and made her swerve?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A small child.
(c) A dog.
(d) An animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Robin's ninth birthday, what does Theo make him for breakfast?

2. How much money does Robin from his paintings at his first farmers' market?

3. How much of every dollar goes to slow habitat destruction for the organization that Robin donates his first painting sales to?

4. How long is the trip home after Robin's ninth birthday outing?

5. What did Theo and Alyssa do on their first date?

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