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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 137 | Chapter 139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's memory have that is similar to a soundtrack?
(a) His memory has a laughtrack.
(b) His memory has a visualtrack.
(c) His memory has a smelltrack.
(d) His memory has a listeningtrack.

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

3. What memory of his mother does the narrator recall in Chapter 113?
(a) Her sickness.
(b) Their holiday in Cornwall.
(c) Her reading his favorite book to him.
(d) Their time together at home.

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

5. What does Father decide to do on Saturday instead of taking the narrator on a weekly trip?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Clean the house.
(c) Go over Mrs. Shears house.
(d) Watch a soccer match.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does the narrator use to describe the students at his school?

2. What concept, which appeared in a newspaper column, does the narrator explain in Chapter 101?

3. Why doesn't the narrator think he could make his story into a short novel?

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

5. What did the narrator do with the piece of paper on which Siobhan drew lots of faces and wrote descriptions of exactly what each meant?

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