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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator eat for breakfast at his Mother's house?
(a) Fish and grits.
(b) Eggs and bacon.
(c) Tomatoes and green beans.
(d) Toast and sausage.

2. How does the narrator close out Chapter 167?
(a) He wonders what he is going to do next.
(b) He tells Mrs. Shears about the dog's death.
(c) He wakes his father up to talk about the dog's death.
(d) He falls asleep.

3. What time does the narrator go to bed on his sample timetable?
(a) 8:30 PM.
(b) 9:00 PM.
(c) 10:00 PM.
(d) 9:30 PM.

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

5. What illustration does the narrator include at the end of Chapter 223?
(a) A sample advert.
(b) A drawing of three blind mice.
(c) A picture of a holiday.
(d) A picture of orangutans.

6. How does the narrator figure out that he is in London?
(a) He asks a police officer standing on the train platform.
(b) He asks the train conductor before exiting the train.
(c) He looks at the signs in the main terminal.
(d) He asks a man walking by him in the main terminal.

7. Why does the narrator say you can join Orion to bits of Lepus, Taurus, or Gemini?
(a) Because Orion is right next to Lepus, Taurus, and Gemini.
(b) Because there are not any lines in space.
(c) Because Lepus, Taurus and Gemini have not been discovered by scientists.
(d) Because the stars move around.

8. How does the narrator decide to travel to his mother's house?
(a) By train.
(b) By bus.
(c) By cab.
(d) By foot.

9. After the six days, what does the narrator do when he returns home from school in Chapter 157?
(a) He get his book and continues to write in it.
(b) He gets the letters from his father's room.
(c) He goes over to Mrs. Shears' house.
(d) He watches one of his videos.

10. What does the narrator compare peoples' brains to?
(a) Computers.
(b) Lawn Mowers.
(c) Televisions.
(d) VCRs.

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

12. Why does the narrator like timetables?
(a) Because he likes to know when everything is going to happen.
(b) Because he likes numbers.
(c) Because timetables remind him of his mother.
(d) Because he likes to use them for his mathematical equations.

13. What nickname do the three young men on the train give to the narrator?
(a) Young elf.
(b) Silly boy.
(c) Train rider boy.
(d) Train elf.

14. What were the two orangutans doing in the photograph in Chapter 223?
(a) Drinking milk.
(b) Playing on a mountain.
(c) Swinging on branches.
(d) Grooming each other.

15. In the first letter, what trip does the narrator's mother refer to?
(a) A trip she took with the narrator to buy him school shoes.
(b) A trip she took with Father to buy furniture.
(c) A trip she took with Uncle Terry to shop for new clothing.
(d) A trip she took with Mr. Shears to dump off their old refrigerator and cooker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator's mother live?

2. What happens to Toby while Christopher and Toby are in the train station?

3. How many months did it take the narrator's hair to grow back after he fell out of the car?

4. How many illustrations are in Chapter 181?

5. How much money did the narrator take out of the bank machine at the train station?

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