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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Wobble in the Cemetery of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Robin offers to pick Angela up later in the day, she refuses. Why?
(a) Dido won't let her have the car if Robin picks her up.
(b) She is not going home after she and Tycho part.
(c) She is afraid Robin will insult Dido.
(d) She is afraid Dido will insult Robin.

2. What is the purpose of the early-morning phone call in Chapter 2?
(a) Africa has had an argument with her husband and wants her parents to come and get her.
(b) Angela wants Tycho to help her find her father.
(c) Africa has had an argument with her husband and wants her parents to call the police.
(d) Angela wants to tell Tycho about her conversation with her mother.

3. Richard says it wouldn't be fair to their parents if Africa moves back home. Why?
(a) Their parents can't afford to take care of her.
(b) The house is too small.
(c) Their parents are too old.
(d) Their mother will end up being a built-in babysitter.

4. Angela's best friend's name is ___.
(a) Tycho.
(b) Robert.
(c) Robin.
(d) Tyler.

5. Richard jokes that Africa's husband should have ____.
(a) Drove her to her parents himself.
(b) Apologized.
(c) Hit her harder, to knock her out.
(d) Left her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosophical idea does Tycho discuss with Angela?

2. As Angela and Tycho are leaving the house, his mother reminds him to buy a present for Africa. Why?

3. The morning after the middle-of-the-night phone call, why does Richard go into Tycho's room?

4. When Angela looks out the window at the beginning of the book, she sees her mother ___.

5. In Chapter 3, how is Tycho portrayed?

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