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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 193.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of ghost did Uncle Terry encounter?
(a) The ghost of an old pirate.
(b) The ghost of a young English woman.
(c) The ghost of a Franciscan friar.
(d) The ghost of a Catholic priest

2. When did the narrator make timetables?
(a) When he was charting the number of red cars he saw on his way to school.
(b) When he was looking for the dog's killer.
(c) When he played with his trains.
(d) When he studied for his A-level math exam.

3. What time does the narrator wake up on his sample timetable?
(a) 7:50 AM.
(b) 7:20 AM.
(c) 6:30 AM.
(d) 6:50 AM.

4. What reason does the narrator give for having a pond at school?
(a) It helps the children learn how to treat animals with kindness and respect.
(b) It helps the children learn about different animal life forms.
(c) It helps the children learn how to care for the environment.
(d) It helps children learn to swim.

5. What does the narrator conclude about time at the end of Chapter 193?
(a) Time can be summarized in a timetable.
(b) Time does not standstill for any man.
(c) Time changes a person's outlook on life.
(d) Time is a mystery and not a thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mystery does the narrator say scientists will solve someday?

2. What time does the narrator go to bed on his sample timetable?

3. What information does the narrator include on the graph in Chapter 151?

4. What is the narrator's pet rat's name?

5. When the narrator sees four yellow cars in a row, what type of day does that signal for him?

(see the answer key)

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