View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession does the narrator tell his readers he would be good at?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Astronaut.
(c) President.
(d) Doctor.

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

3. 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 played with his trains.
(c) When he studied for his A-level math exam.
(d) When he was looking for the dog's killer.

4. Why doesn't the narrator think he could make his story into a short novel?
(a) Because it does not have a proper ending.
(b) Because he wants to write a longer novel.
(c) Because he does not think it would make a good short story.
(d) Because it is too short to be a short novel.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 89, why does the narrator keep his eyes closed on his way to school on the third day?

4. Why does the narrator like timetables?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 365 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample