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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 it is too short to be a short novel.
(d) Because he does not think it would make a good short story.

3. In Chapter 89, what Joseph Conrad book does Siobhan tell the narrator about?
(a) Dark Heart.
(b) Tales of Darkness.
(c) Heart of Darkness.
(d) Cave of Darkness.

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

5. What is the narrator's pet rat's name?
(a) Toby.
(b) George.
(c) James.
(d) Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the narrator make timetables?

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

4. What profession does the narrator tell his readers he would be good at?

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

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