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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Angela's response when the man she believes is her father reacts the way he does?
(a) She gets angry.
(b) She makes a joke to Tycho about how they resemble each other.
(c) She sighs a sigh of relief.
(d) She starts to cry.

2. Dido suggests that she and Angela do something different this morning. What does she suggest?
(a) A picnic breakfast.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Going to a cafe for breakfast.

3. Tycho confides to Angela that when he was younger he had a reputation as ____.
(a) Subnormal.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Shy.
(d) Too mature.

4. How does Angela rationalize her father's reaction to seeing her?
(a) She thinks perhaps she is mistaken and the man isn't really her father.
(b) She says it is understandable that he wouldn't acknowledge her in public.
(c) She convinces herself that her father is just shocked to see her.
(d) She convinces herself that her father didn't recognize her.

5. What motivates Angela to search for her father?
(a) She senses that her mother wants to reunite with her father.
(b) She senses her mother is not telling her the whole truth.
(c) She wants to ask him for financial help for her and her mother.
(d) She wants to find out for sure if her father is dead.

6. When Tycho points out that her father doesn't seem very happy to see Angela, how does she react?
(a) Angela says he probably didn't recognize her.
(b) Angela says Tycho is being too negative.
(c) Angela gets angry with Tycho.
(d) Angela defends him.

7. Richard tells his father that both he and Tycho feel _____ toward Africa.
(a) Hatred.
(b) Love.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Affection.

8. Near the end of Chapter 8 Tycho agrees to ______.
(a) Pick Angela up in an hour.
(b) Wait in the car for Angela.
(c) Come back later, alone, and speak to Roland.
(d) Come back later with Angela.

9. Angela's boyfriend's name is ____.
(a) Tycho.
(b) Robert.
(c) Ted.
(d) Robin.

10. Which is the eldest of the siblings in Tycho's family?
(a) Africa.
(b) Tycho.
(c) Richard.
(d) They are triplets.

11. What reasoning does Angela initially give Tycho about her plan regarding her father?
(a) She says that her father has always been a stranger and should remain so.
(b) She says she wants only to have him see her face to face.
(c) She says she wants only to hear him say her name.
(d) She says she is attempting to meet her father for her mother's sake.

12. How does the man Angela believes is her father react when he sees her?
(a) Nothing; he doesn't see her.
(b) He gapes at her in disbelief and then turns his back.
(c) He smiles and then goes back out the door.
(d) He gapes at her in disbelief and then asks her name.

13. In Chapter 8, Angela meets up with Tycho again, and tells him ____.
(a) About her plan to go to her father's office.
(b) That she is going to forget about trying to meet her father.
(c) That Dido and Angela had an argument.
(d) About her idea that Roland is not really her father.

14. Angela wants Tycho to agree that wanting to meet her father is reasonable. What does Tycho say in response?
(a) "What's the use of being reasonable when no one else is?"
(b) "What's the point in being reasonable when it doesn't get you what you want?"
(c) "It's reasonable to want to know who your parents are. But that doesn't mean they'll want to know who you are."
(d) "It's reasonable. But is it realistic?"

15. When Angela brings up the idea of a reconciliation between her parents, her mother rejects the idea. Why?
(a) She doesn't want to get Angela's hopes up.
(b) She likes living alone.
(c) She is too tired to pursue a relationship, and they've both changed too much.
(d) She doesn't want to disrupt her lifestyle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard goads Tycho about the quote, "Nothing exists but atoms and the void," saying he is ____.

2. Africa's husband's name is ____.

3. In Chapter 7, which character says, "I'm so used to it, I forget it can be changed"?

4. Robin and Angela make plans to meet later at the ____.

5. When Angela finds out where her father lives, what does she do?

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