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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 199.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stranger help the narrator do before getting on the train?
(a) Buy food for the train ride.
(b) Buy a train ticket.
(c) Call his mother.
(d) Withdraw money.

2. Who was the narrator's first main teacher at school?
(a) Mr. Loxely.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Siobhan.
(d) Julie.

3. What mystery does the narrator say scientists will solve someday?
(a) The mystery of ghosts.
(b) The mystery of lightning
(c) The mystery of electricity.
(d) The mystery of death.

4. What type of dog does Mrs. Alexander own?
(a) Rottweiler.
(b) Dachshund.
(c) Terrier.
(d) Poodle.

5. What type of formula does the narrator write?
(a) A formula for a population of animals.
(b) A formula for a population of students.
(c) A formula for a population of schools.
(d) A fromula for a population of teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator want to get his book back from Father?

2. What does Father make the narrator promise to give up at the end of Chapter 79?

3. What does the narrator's mother apologize for in Chapter 149?

4. What reason does the narrator give for having a pond at school?

5. What did Father take to the hospital when he went to visit Mother?

(see the answer key)

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