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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator decide he cannot live with Siobhan?
(a) Because she will tell Father that he is living with her.
(b) Because she lives to close to Father.
(c) Because she would get in trouble with the school.
(d) Because she is not an actually friend.

2. Why does the narrator like Sherlock Holmes?
(a) Because he is stupid.
(b) Because he is not stupid.
(c) Because he does believe in the supernatural.
(d) Because he does not believe in the supernatural.

3. What fear does the narrator overcome while trying to solve the mystery of the dog's death?
(a) Talking to strangers.
(b) Being alone.
(c) Being in unfamiliar places.
(d) Not being with his father.

4. In Chapter 137, why does Father apologize to the narrator on Saturday?
(a) For not taking the narrator on their outing the previous Saturday.
(b) For not telling the narrator about Mr. Shears.
(c) For not taking the narrator to get lunch.
(d) For getting angry.

5. How does the narrator close out Chapter 167?
(a) He tells Mrs. Shears about the dog's death.
(b) He wonders what he is going to do next.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He wakes his father up to talk about the dog's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Alexander reveal to the narrator about Mr. Shears?

2. Why was Mrs. Gascoyne initially not going to allow the narrator to take the A-level exam?

3. What is one of the reasons the narrator gives for finding people confusing?

4. What drawing is the narrator carrying with him at the police headquarters?

5. In reflection, what does the narrator recall about his mother's temper?

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