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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man who works for Father and greets the narrator at the start of Chapter 103?
(a) Degrassi.
(b) Juan.
(c) Rhodri.
(d) Jackson.

2. Why doesn't the narrator think he could make his story into a short novel?
(a) Because it does not have a proper ending.
(b) Because it is too short to be a short novel.
(c) Because he does not think it would make a good short story.
(d) Because he wants to write a longer novel.

3. In Chapter 103, where does the narrator go to watch the clouds make pictures?
(a) The roof.
(b) The front lawn.
(c) The fire escape.
(d) The garden.

4. What information does the narrator include on the graph in Chapter 151?
(a) How many children learned to swim, by year.
(b) How many children are in the school, by year.
(c) How many animal life forms live in the pond.
(d) How many frogs there were in the pond, by year.

5. When the narrator sees four yellow cars in a row, what type of day does that signal for him?
(a) A bad day.
(b) A good day.
(c) A green day.
(d) A black day.

6. What type of video does the narrator watch while waiting for his father to get home?
(a) A video about the life of seagulls.
(b) A video about the reproduction of mammals.
(c) A video about the evolution of man.
(d) A video about life in the deepest parts of the ocean.

7. What profession does the narrator tell his readers he would be good at?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Astronaut.
(d) President.

8. Why does the narrator not like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
(a) Because he does believe in the supernatural.
(b) Because he does not believe in the supernatural.
(c) Because he is stupid.
(d) Because he is not stupid.

9. 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.

10. What type of formula does the narrator write?
(a) A formula for a population of animals.
(b) A formula for a population of schools.
(c) A formula for a population of students.
(d) A fromula for a population of teachers.

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

12. What does the narrator's mother apologize for in Chapter 149?
(a) Leaving him with his father.
(b) Not allowing him at the hospital during her illness.
(c) Waiting so long since her last letter to write him.
(d) Not calling him.

13. What type of dog does Mrs. Alexander own?
(a) Terrier.
(b) Poodle.
(c) Dachshund.
(d) Rottweiler.

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

15. What type of business does Father own?
(a) A shoe repair business.
(b) A laundry business.
(c) A boiler repair business.
(d) An auto repair business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator's father frustrated by the time they reach home from the police headquarters?

2. Why does the narrator say he uses prime numbers?

3. What fear does the narrator overcome while trying to solve the mystery of the dog's death?

4. What does the narrator put on the kitchen table when he returns home in Chapter 127?

5. What does the narrator compare his memory to?

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