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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator view his father after he reveals that he killed the dog?
(a) As a protector and provider.
(b) As a fighter and liar.
(c) As a lover and murder.
(d) As a liar and murder.

2. In the first letter, what trip does the narrator's mother refer to?
(a) A trip she took with Mr. Shears to dump off their old refrigerator and cooker.
(b) A trip she took with Uncle Terry to shop for new clothing.
(c) A trip she took with the narrator to buy him school shoes.
(d) A trip she took with Father to buy furniture.

3. In the narrator's dream in Chapter 229, what would not matter if he took someone's car and drove away?
(a) If he drove off of the earth.
(b) If he stole the radio.
(c) If he bumped into things and drove to the sea.
(d) If he broke into the car.

4. What information does the narrator include on the graph in Chapter 151?
(a) How many children learned to swim, by year.
(b) How many children are in the school, by year.
(c) How many frogs there were in the pond, by year.
(d) How many animal life forms live in the pond.

5. What term does the narrator give to the phenomenon in which eyes move from point to point without really seeing what is in between the two points?
(a) Visual Escapes.
(b) Visual Saccades.
(c) Visual Memorization.
(d) Visual Illuminations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the narrator like the grass?

3. What happens to Toby while Christopher and Toby are in the train station?

4. What is the setting of Chapter 109?

5. What types of books does the narrator mostly read?

(see the answer key)

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