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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator's father describe Mr. Shears?
(a) As a nice man.
(b) As an evil man.
(c) As an angry man.
(d) As a gentle man.

2. What made the narrator think at one time that his parents were going to get a divorce?
(a) Because Mother got sick.
(b) Because Mother moved out.
(c) Because they had a lot of arguments.
(d) Because they did not sleep in the same room.

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. For how long was the narrator hugging the dog when he heard screaming?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 8 minutes.
(d) 4 minutes.

5. Where does the narrator's father take him for an outing in Chapter 137?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The park.
(c) For a drive.
(d) The movies.

6. What drawing is the narrator carrying with him at the police headquarters?
(a) A drawing of the dog.
(b) A drawing of himself.
(c) A drawing of a wooden puzzle.
(d) A drawing of neighborhood.

7. What concept, which appeared in a newspaper column, does the narrator explain in Chapter 101?
(a) The Monty Hall Problem.
(b) The Johnson Solor System Theory.
(c) The Sean Carter Problem.
(d) The Netwon James Theory.

8. What was the breed of the dog the narrator found on the grass?
(a) Rottweiler.
(b) Terrier.
(c) Poodle.
(d) Labrador.

9. 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."
(a) Father.
(b) Siobhan.
(c) Mrs. Alexander.
(d) Rhodri.

10. How many red cars does Christopher's bus consecutively pass on his way to school?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. What does the narrator have to do to the Gobi Aloo Sag before he can eat it?
(a) Adds red food coloring to it.
(b) Says a prayer over it.
(c) Holds his nose.
(d) Adds pepper to it.

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

13. What is the name of Mrs. Alexander's dog?
(a) Kemp.
(b) Ivor.
(c) Francis.
(d) Wellington.

14. In Chapter 137, why does Father apologize to the narrator on Saturday?
(a) For not taking the narrator to get lunch.
(b) For not telling the narrator about Mr. Shears.
(c) For getting angry.
(d) For not taking the narrator on their outing the previous Saturday.

15. What did the narrator do with the piece of paper on which Siobhan drew lots of faces and wrote descriptions of exactly what each meant?
(a) He threw it away.
(b) He kept it in his pocket.
(c) He gave it to a friend.
(d) He drew new faces with new meanings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Father make the narrator promise to give up at the end of Chapter 79?

3. How does the narrator know the individual with his father is an inspector?

4. What type of dog does Mrs. Alexander own?

5. What emotion was expressed in the first face picture that Siobhan shared with the narrator?

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