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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother apologize for in Chapter 149?
(a) Leaving him with his father.
(b) Not calling him.
(c) Not allowing him at the hospital during her illness.
(d) Waiting so long since her last letter to write him.

2. Why does the narrator want to get his book back from Father?
(a) He liked writing it.
(b) He wants to ask Mrs. Alexander more questions.
(c) He wants to finish it.
(d) He wants to show it to more people.

3. In Chapter 89, why does the narrator keep his eyes closed on his way to school on the third day?
(a) Because he is allowed to after three bad days in a row.
(b) Because after two black days in a row, he is allowed to.
(c) Because he is allowed to after two good days in a row.
(d) Because he is allowed to after three green days in a row.

4. What type of business does Father own?
(a) A laundry business.
(b) A shoe repair business.
(c) A boiler repair business.
(d) An auto repair business.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of ghost did Uncle Terry encounter?

3. What does the narrator compare his memory to?

4. What does the narrator say caused much of the stress in his parent's relationship?

5. What colors does the narrator say he does not like?

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