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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's favorite book?
(a) A Case of Identity.
(b) The Five Orange Pips.
(c) Hounds of the Baskervilles.
(d) The Man with the Twisted Lip.

2. In Chapter 109, what does the narrator spend the afternoon doing?
(a) Math.
(b) Detective work.
(c) Painting pictures of aliens.
(d) Reading his favorite book.

3. What time does the narrator go to bed on his sample timetable?
(a) 9:00 PM.
(b) 10:00 PM.
(c) 9:30 PM.
(d) 8:30 PM.

4. Why does the narrator say people believe in God?
(a) Because they have nothing else to do.
(b) Because they are trained to believe in God.
(c) Because they do not have anything else to believe in.
(d) Because the world is very complicated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

2. At the end of Chapter 67, who does the narrator think killed the dog?

3. Why does the narrator say prime numbers are considered military material?

4. Why did Father kill the dog?

5. Who told the narrator to write descriptions?

(see the answer key)

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