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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do when his father falls asleep in Chapter 167?
(a) Watches one of his videos.
(b) Sneaks out the house.
(c) Goes to Mrs. Shears' house.
(d) Reads more letters from his mother.

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

3. When the narrator sees four yellow cars in a row, what type of day does that signal for him?
(a) A green day.
(b) A black day.
(c) A good day.
(d) A bad day.

4. What does mother try to explain in the second letter the narrator reads?
(a) Her illness.
(b) The mystery of ghosts.
(c) Her behavior towards Father.
(d) Her absense.

5. When did the narrator make timetables?
(a) When he played with his trains.
(b) When he was charting the number of red cars he saw on his way to school.
(c) When he was looking for the dog's killer.
(d) When he studied for his A-level math exam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator find his book?

2. Why did the narrator like the grass?

3. 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."

4. How many cows were in the field when the narrator drove through the countryside with Mother and Father?

5. Why does the narrator say he uses prime numbers?

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