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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 73 | Chapter 79.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator decide to investigate the death of the dog despite his father's admonishments?
(a) Because he does not always do what he is told.
(b) Because he thinks Mrs. Shears killed the dog.
(c) Because he thinks he'll get bored when he gets home.
(d) Because he thinks the police will not investigate the dog's murder.

3. What term does the narrator use to describe the students at his school?
(a) Dumb.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Special needs.
(d) Mean.

4. What did Father take to the hospital when he went to visit Mother?
(a) Books from Barnes and Noble.
(b) Food from Marks and Spencer's.
(c) Shoes from Han Coles.
(d) Flowers from Spencer's.

5. What was on the front cover the card the narrator sent to his mother while she was in the hospital?
(a) Pictures of cars.
(b) Pictures of flowers.
(c) Pictures of birds.
(d) Pictures of shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does the narrator give of his father breaking the rules?

2. How does Siobhan tell the narrator to begin his book?

3. What time was it when the narrator saw the dog laying on the grass?

4. What is the name of the dog the narrator finds lying on the grass?

5. What does Father decide to do on Saturday instead of taking the narrator on a weekly trip?

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