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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the police arrest the narrator?
(a) For assulting a police officer.
(b) For stealing his neighbor's plants out of her front yard.
(c) For killing the dog.
(d) For breaking into his neighbor's house.

2. Why does the narrator decide to investigate the death of the dog despite his father's admonishments?
(a) Because he thinks Mrs. Shears killed the dog.
(b) Because he thinks he'll get bored when he gets home.
(c) Because he thinks the police will not investigate the dog's murder.
(d) Because he does not always do what he is told.

3. What type of formula does the narrator write?
(a) A formula for a population of schools.
(b) A formula for a population of animals.
(c) A formula for a population of students.
(d) A fromula for a population of teachers.

4. According to the narrator, why is Orion called Orion?
(a) Because Orion was a hunter.
(b) Because the scientist that discovered it named it after his dog Orion.
(c) Because scientist thought Orion would make a nice name.
(d) Because Orion was named by Earl Orion.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator not like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

3. In Chapter 109, what does the narrator spend the afternoon doing?

4. In the fourth letter, what medical procedure does mother say she had done?

5. In Chapter 137, why does Father apologize to the narrator on Saturday?

(see the answer key)

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