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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) Withdraw money.
(b) Buy a train ticket.
(c) Buy food for the train ride.
(d) Call his mother.

2. What does the narrator say caused much of the stress in his parent's relationship?
(a) Father's long work hours.
(b) Father's infidelity.
(c) The narrator's behavioral problems.
(d) Mother's extreme mood swings.

3. Which one of the following is not one of the names the narrator gave to the entity that would form if you joined Orion, Lepus, Taurus, or Gemini?
(a) The Bicycle.
(b) The Pound of Fish.
(c) The Bunch of Grapes.
(d) Jesus.

4. What is the narrator's favorite book?
(a) The Man with the Twisted Lip.
(b) The Five Orange Pips.
(c) Hounds of the Baskervilles.
(d) A Case of Identity.

5. What term does the narrator give to the phenomenon in which eyes move from point to point without really seeing what is in between the two points?
(a) Visual Memorization.
(b) Visual Escapes.
(c) Visual Saccades.
(d) Visual Illuminations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say will happen when humans evolve into another animal?

2. Why does the narrator decide he cannot live with Siobhan?

3. What type of formula does the narrator write?

4. Where does the narrator find his book?

5. Where does the narrator hide as the train approaches Didcot Parkway?

(see the answer key)

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