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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When is Robin's bedtime when he is nine?
(a) 9:30.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 8:30.

3. On page 2, how long has Theo pulled Robin from school?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) A week.

4. When does the president invoke the National Emergencies Act of 1976 to arrest a journalist?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) January.

5. What does Robin want to make to sell at the farmers' market to raise money for one of his mother's groups?
(a) Cupcakes.
(b) Paintings of every endangered species.
(c) Paintings of animals native to Wisconsin.
(d) Cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Theo and Robin have to eat before they take the sky platform at Gatlinburg?

2. What is Alyssa's father's name?

3. On page 1, when do Theo and Robin set up a scope on the deck?

4. When folded, about how big is the tent Theo and Robin pitch on his birthday?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carl Stryker, Theo's colleague yell at him when he returns from vacation on page 43?

2. Where does Robin decide he wants to stage a protest, and how does it go?

3. What problems are there when Robin and Theo go to Thanksgiving with Aly's parents?

4. How is Christmas at Aly's parents better than Thanksgiving?

5. After Robin learns to move a dot in his mind during his first DecNef session, what does Currier have him do?

6. What does Theo do for work?

7. Where did Alyssa and Theo go when they finished their degrees?

8. What did Robin want for his birthday, and how does he use it when he gets it?

9. What does Robin decide to do to raise money?

10. Why is Robin missing school at the beginning of the book?

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