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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator's experience with the toilet on the train traumatic?
(a) Because there was urine on the floor.
(b) Because there was no sink to wash his hands.
(c) Because there was feces on the toilet seat.
(d) Because there was someone in the toilet and he had to relieve himself.

2. Where does the narrator not look for his book?
(a) His room.
(b) The utility room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The dustbin.

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

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

5. What type of business does Father own?
(a) A boiler repair business.
(b) A laundry business.
(c) An auto repair business.
(d) A shoe repair business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator feel giddy and sick at the train station?

2. How much money did the narrator take out of the bank machine at the train station?

3. Why did the narrator like the grass?

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

5. How does the narrator's father describe Mr. Shears?

(see the answer key)

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