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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 199.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of business does Father own?
(a) A boiler repair business.
(b) A laundry business.
(c) A shoe repair business.
(d) An auto repair business.

2. Who approaches the narrator at the train station and asks his name and address?
(a) A shop owner.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A woman dressed in mink.
(d) A train conductor.

3. Why does the narrator decide to investigate the death of the dog despite his father's admonishments?
(a) Because he thinks he'll get bored when he gets home.
(b) Because he thinks the police will not investigate the dog's murder.
(c) Because he thinks Mrs. Shears killed the dog.
(d) Because he does not always do what he is told.

4. Why is the narrator's father frustrated by the time they reach home from the police headquarters?
(a) Because the narrator will not admit why he was arrested.
(b) Because the narrator keeps asking questions about the dog's death.
(c) Because the narrator will not answer Father's questions about the dog's death.
(d) Because the neighbors are asking them questions when they reach their home.

5. What does the narrator hear shortly after he wakes up in Chapter 179?
(a) Mrs. Shears yelling at Father.
(b) Mrs. Alexander singing loudly.
(c) Father calling his name and searching for him.
(d) Father's van starting up and leaving the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was on the front cover the card the narrator sent to his mother while she was in the hospital?

2. What did Father tell the narrator his mother died of?

3. What made the narrator think at one time that his parents were going to get a divorce?

4. What did Father take to the hospital when he went to visit Mother?

5. Who wrote the letter that the narrator finds at the bottom of the cupboard?

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