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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say will happen when humans evolve into another animal?
(a) The new animal will kill human beings.
(b) The new animal will be dumber than human beings.
(c) The new animal will free the captured animals.
(d) The new animal will put humans being into a zoo.

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

3. What reason does the narrator give for having a pond at school?
(a) It helps children learn to swim.
(b) It helps the children learn how to care for the environment.
(c) It helps the children learn about different animal life forms.
(d) It helps the children learn how to treat animals with kindness and respect.

4. Which one of the following is not one of the three conditions the narrator names as to why life on earth occurred as the result of an accident?
(a) Replication.
(b) Extraction.
(c) Mutation.
(d) Heritability.

5. What memory of his mother does the narrator recall in Chapter 113?
(a) Her reading his favorite book to him.
(b) Their time together at home.
(c) Her sickness.
(d) Their holiday in Cornwall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 103, where does the narrator go to watch the clouds make pictures?

2. Why does the narrator decide to investigate the death of the dog despite his father's admonishments?

3. Which of the following is not one of the three reasons the narrator deduces for killing a dog?

4. What type of formula does the narrator write?

5. Why does the narrator decide he cannot live with Siobhan?

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