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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 97 | Chapter 101.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the police arrest the narrator?
(a) For breaking into his neighbor's house.
(b) For assulting a police officer.
(c) For stealing his neighbor's plants out of her front yard.
(d) For killing the dog.

2. What did Father tell the narrator his mother died of?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) An aneurysm.
(d) An asthma attack.

3. Why is the narrator's father frustrated by the time they reach home from the police headquarters?
(a) Because the narrator keeps asking questions about the dog's death.
(b) Because the narrator will not admit why he was arrested.
(c) Because the neighbors are asking them questions when they reach their home.
(d) Because the narrator will not answer Father's questions about the dog's death.

4. In Chapter 79, what is Father doing when the narrator returns home?
(a) Talking to Mrs. Shears on the telephone.
(b) Sitting on the living room sofa watching television.
(c) Sitting at the kitchen table.
(d) Laying on the bed taking a nap.

5. What example does the narrator give of his father breaking the rules?
(a) His father drives over the speed limit.
(b) His father cheats on his taxes.
(c) His father sometimes drinks and drives.
(d) His father steals lawn ornaments out of the neighbors' lawns.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what four moods does the dog have?

2. How does Mrs. Alexander respond when the narrator asks if Mrs. Shears killed his mother?

3. What made the narrator think at one time that his parents were going to get a divorce?

4. What type of dog does Mrs. Alexander own?

5. What words describe the demeanor of the narrator's father on the ride home from the police headquarters?

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