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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the two orangutans doing in the photograph in Chapter 223?
(a) Drinking milk.
(b) Swinging on branches.
(c) Grooming each other.
(d) Playing on a mountain.

2. In Chapter 227, what is Mother doing when she arrives to her home and Christopher is awaiting her arrival?
(a) Arguing with Mr. Shears.
(b) Getting out of a cab.
(c) Talking to one of her neighbors.
(d) Running in the rain.

3. Where does the narrator's father fall asleep in Chapter 167?
(a) In the narrator's bedroom.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In his van.
(d) In the kitchen.

4. How many illustrations are in Chapter 181?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. Which one of the following is not one of the names the narrator gave to the entity that would form if you joined Orion, Lepus, Taurus, or Gemini?
(a) The Bunch of Grapes.
(b) The Bicycle.
(c) The Pound of Fish.
(d) Jesus.

6. Who does the narrator ask to watch Toby while he goes to visit his mother?
(a) Siobhan.
(b) Father.
(c) Mrs. Alexander.
(d) Mrs. Shears.

7. In the fourth letter, what medical procedure does mother say she had done?
(a) Teeth pulled.
(b) Mouth wired shut.
(c) Root canal.
(d) Foot operation.

8. How many sections does the A-level exams have?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

9. What does the narrator sketch while on the train?
(a) Toby's picture.
(b) The patterns of the upholstry and buckheads of the train.
(c) A map of Europe.
(d) A picture of his mother and father when they were married.

10. Who helps the narrator find the subway tunnel that he will take in London?
(a) A police officer.
(b) The lady at an information booth.
(c) A stranger heading towards the subway tunnel.
(d) A train conductor.

11. What grade does the narrator get on each section of his A-level exams?
(a) A.
(b) D.
(c) B.
(d) C.

12. Why did the narrator feel giddy and sick at the train station?
(a) He smelled the bathrooms.
(b) There were lots of people.
(c) He had an empty stomach.
(d) The station was too big.

13. How many months did it take the narrator's hair to grow back after he fell out of the car?
(a) Four months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

14. What does mother try to explain in the second letter the narrator reads?
(a) Her behavior towards Father.
(b) Her illness.
(c) The mystery of ghosts.
(d) Her absense.

15. How long did the lady in the cafe say the narrator had been in the train station?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Two and a half hours.
(d) Three and a half hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that half an eye is very useful?

2. What time does the narrator wake up on his sample timetable?

3. The narrator starts Chapter 157 with a discourse on what happened at school for what number of days?

4. How does the narrator close out Chapter 167?

5. Why does the narrator like timetables?

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