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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 137 | Chapter 139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator think he could make his story into a short novel?
(a) Because he wants to write a longer novel.
(b) Because he does not think it would make a good short story.
(c) Because it does not have a proper ending.
(d) Because it is too short to be a short novel.

2. What does the narrator compare his memory to?
(a) Film.
(b) Math.
(c) Reading.
(d) Television.

3. According to the narrator, what group did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle join when he got old?
(a) The Spiritualist Society.
(b) The Mystery Society.
(c) The Non-Believers' Society.
(d) The Unknown Society.

4. Why was Mrs. Gascoyne initially not going to allow the narrator to take the A-level exam?
(a) Father did not want the narrator to take the exam.
(b) The school did not offer the test.
(c) They did not have the resources to proctor an A-level exam.
(d) His teacher did not think he was prepared.

5. Which of the following is not one of the three reasons the narrator deduces for killing a dog?
(a) Because you were afraid of the dog.
(b) Because you want to upset Mrs. Shears.
(c) Because you were mad.
(d) Because you hated the dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many attachments does the narrator's Swiss army knife have?

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

3. What term does the narrator use to describe the students at his school?

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

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

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