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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. What is Tycho's response to Angela's plan regarding her father?
(a) Tycho doesn't like the idea at all.
(b) Tycho says that the plan is just plain silly.
(c) Tycho thinks Angela will not be satisfied until she finds out the truth, so he supports her plan.
(d) Tycho doesn't like the idea and refuses to help.

2. What does Angela say that indicates she has romanticized the relationship between her mother and father?
(a) That they are married in every cell of Angela's body.
(b) That her mother and father are in love, despite the passing of time.
(c) That if Roland met Angela, he would remember how much he loved Dido.
(d) That Roland is miserable without Dido but noble to have chosen to stay with his wife.

3. What sound does Angela hear when she wakes up?
(a) Her mother playing the harp.
(b) Her mother mowing the grass.
(c) Her mother scything the grass.
(d) Her mother talking to herself.

4. Tycho says people avoided him when he was younger because ___.
(a) His mother is mean.
(b) His father is disabled.
(c) Richard spread lies about him.
(d) They were afraid he would be rude to them.

5. What does Angela do when the two men enter the building she and Tycho are in?
(a) Starts talking to Tycho and ignores the men.
(b) Removes her sunglasses and stares at one of the men.
(c) Turns her back.
(d) Pretends she doesn't see the two men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 4 reveals that, with respect to Robin, Tycho feels ____.

2. Richard says it wouldn't be fair to their parents if Africa moves back home. Why?

3. Both Angela and Tycho think that Dido doesn't renovate the house because ____.

4. When two men emerge from the building across the street, Angela seems to recognize them. Tycho asks who they are. What does Angel tell him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Angela's sharing her secret with Tycho, rather than with Robin, indicate about her relationships with the two boys?

2. In Chapter 3, the author portrays Angela as somewhat of a rebel and a bit unconventional. How do we know this?

3. Angela asks for Tycho's help in carrying out her plan to confront her father in his office. What does her asking Tycho, rather than someone else or rather than going to the office alone, tell us?

4. In Chapter 1, Dido and Angela have a conversation about Dido's relationship with Angela's father. How does Dido portray the relationship?

5. Angela tells Tycho about a story Dido used to tell her when she was a child. Describe the story and its significance.

6. Describe the scene in which Tycho and his family are introduced in the second chapter.

7. While Dido and Angela are having a picnic breakfast, Angela becomes angry at her mother. Why? What does she accuse her mother of?

8. While Tycho waits for Angela to return from her father's office, he reads a book. What is the book about, and how does it mirror the events in the novel itself?

9. Angela and Tycho come from entirely different worlds it seems. Compare the differences in their family lives.

10. Angela asks Tycho to agree with her that her feeling of curiosity about Roland is natural and reasonable. How does Tycho respond?

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