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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. In reflection, what does the narrator recall about his mother's temper?
(a) His mother was very kind and gentle.
(b) His mother has a quicker temper than Father.
(c) His mother used to fight with his father a lot.
(d) His mother always left the house when she was in a rage.

2. Why does the narrator not like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
(a) Because he is not stupid.
(b) Because he is stupid.
(c) Because he does not believe in the supernatural.
(d) Because he does believe in the supernatural.

3. Who tells the narrator that his mother has gone to heaven?
(a) Mrs. Forbes.
(b) Father.
(c) Mrs. Shears.
(d) No one.

4. Why does the narrator say he will not bother his father after his father admits to being sad?
(a) Because the narrator does not have anything to say to his father.
(b) Because when the narrator is sad, he prefers to be left alone.
(c) Because when the narrator's father is sad, he prefers to be left alone.
(d) Because the narrator's father stopped talking.

5. Where does the narrator's father take him for an outing in Chapter 137?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The park.
(c) The movies.
(d) For a drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator like Sherlock Holmes?

2. What is the setting of Chapter 109?

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

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

5. Why did the narrator like the grass?

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