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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 197.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 109, who tells the narrator, "...sometimes we get sad about things and we don't like to tell other people that we are sad about them."
(a) Siobhan.
(b) Rhodri.
(c) Mrs. Alexander.
(d) Father.

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

4. Who does the narrator ask to watch Toby while he goes to visit his mother?
(a) Mrs. Alexander.
(b) Father.
(c) Siobhan.
(d) Mrs. Shears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator starts Chapter 157 with a discourse on what happened at school for what number of days?

2. How does Mrs. Alexander respond when the narrator asks if Mrs. Shears killed his mother?

3. What is the name of Mrs. Alexander's dog?

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

5. Where does the narrator's father fall asleep in Chapter 167?

(see the answer key)

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