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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 the narrator feel when the dream in Chapter 229 is over?
(a) Worried.
(b) Happy.
(c) Scared.
(d) Sad.

2. In Chapter 89, what Joseph Conrad book does Siobhan tell the narrator about?
(a) Tales of Darkness.
(b) Dark Heart.
(c) Heart of Darkness.
(d) Cave of Darkness.

3. What reason does the narrator give for going to London?
(a) To escape his father.
(b) To take his A-level exam.
(c) To live with his mother.
(d) To find Siobhan.

4. In Chapter 229, what happens in the narrator's dream?
(a) Almost everyone on earth dies from a virus.
(b) Everyone dies from a meterorite.
(c) People are taken captive by animals.
(d) People leave earth to live on a newly discovered planet.

5. Why was Mrs. Gascoyne initially not going to allow the narrator to take the A-level exam?
(a) His teacher did not think he was prepared.
(b) The school did not offer the test.
(c) They did not have the resources to proctor an A-level exam.
(d) Father did not want the narrator to take the exam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother apologize for in Chapter 149?

2. How long ago does the narrator say his mother died?

3. What does the word orangutan mean?

4. What is the name of the man who works for Father and greets the narrator at the start of Chapter 103?

5. What nickname do the three young men on the train give to the narrator?

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