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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator's mother live?
(a) Chicago.
(b) London.
(c) Milan.
(d) Paris.

2. What is one of the reasons the narrator gives for finding people confusing?
(a) People do not speak loud enough.
(b) People use metaphors when they speak.
(c) People use too many adjectives when they speak.
(d) People speak different languages.

3. What words describe the demeanor of the narrator's father on the ride home from the police headquarters?
(a) Engaged and captivated.
(b) Withdrawn and silent.
(c) Excited and talkative.
(d) Silent and passive.

4. How does the narrator's father describe Mr. Shears?
(a) As an angry man.
(b) As a gentle man.
(c) As a nice man.
(d) As an evil man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was on the front cover the card the narrator sent to his mother while she was in the hospital?

2. Where does the narrator say Mrs. Shear's coffeemaker is from?

3. How many red cars does Christopher's bus consecutively pass on his way to school?

4. What did Father tell the narrator his mother died of?

5. In Chapter 97, where does the narrator go after he arrives home from school?

(see the answer key)

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