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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Alexander respond when the narrator asks if Mrs. Shears killed his mother?
(a) Mrs. Alexander admits that Mrs. Shears did not kill his mother.
(b) Mrs. Shears admits that she did not know the narrator's mother.
(c) Mrs. Alexander did not know the narrator's mother was dead.
(d) Mrs. Alexander admits that Mrs. Shears did kill his mother.

2. Where does the narrator hide after he gets down in the subway tunnel and sees all of the people in the tube?
(a) A corner.
(b) A phone booth.
(c) A photo booth.
(d) A subway tunnel.

3. Who approaches the narrator at the train station and asks his name and address?
(a) A train conductor.
(b) A woman dressed in mink.
(c) A shop owner.
(d) A policeman.

4. What does the narrator purchase from a magazine vendor in London?
(a) A candy bar.
(b) A London Street Atlas.
(c) A magazine filled with puzzles.
(d) A book with mathematical problems.

5. What was on the front cover the card the narrator sent to his mother while she was in the hospital?
(a) Pictures of cars.
(b) Pictures of flowers.
(c) Pictures of shoes.
(d) Pictures of birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Chapter 197?

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

3. When the narrator returns to his original seat on the train, what does he find is missing?

4. What does the narrator conclude about time at the end of Chapter 193?

5. What does the narrator do when his father tries to make up with him in Chapter 167?

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