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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 it is too short to be a short novel.
(b) Because it does not have a proper ending.
(c) Because he wants to write a longer novel.
(d) Because he does not think it would make a good short story.

2. What time was it when the narrator saw the dog laying on the grass?
(a) 10:03 p.m.
(b) 12:07 a.m.
(c) 11:55 a.m.
(d) 9:10 a.m.

3. What does Father decide to do on Saturday instead of taking the narrator on a weekly trip?
(a) Go over Mrs. Shears house.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Watch a soccer match.

4. Why does the narrator say he uses prime numbers?
(a) Prime numbers are easier to calculate.
(b) He likes prime numbers better than cardinal numbers.
(c) Prime numbers are easier to remember.
(d) He cannot tell the difference between prime numbers and cardinal numbers.

5. In Chapter 127, how does the narrator respond to his father grabbing him after Father finds what the narrator put on the kitchen table?
(a) He screams at his father.
(b) He storms out of the room.
(c) He hits his father.
(d) He starts crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concept, which appeared in a newspaper column, does the narrator explain in Chapter 101?

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

3. What did the narrator do with the piece of paper on which Siobhan drew lots of faces and wrote descriptions of exactly what each meant?

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

5. What does the narrator's memory have that is similar to a soundtrack?

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