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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator's mother live?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Milan.
(d) Chicago.

2. Why did the narrator feel giddy and sick at the train station?
(a) There were lots of people.
(b) He had an empty stomach.
(c) The station was too big.
(d) He smelled the bathrooms.

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

4. What term does the narrator give to the phenomenon in which eyes move from point to point without really seeing what is in between the two points?
(a) Visual Memorization.
(b) Visual Escapes.
(c) Visual Saccades.
(d) Visual Illuminations.

5. What illustration does the narrator include in Chapter 229?
(a) A picture depicting his dream.
(b) A picture of his father.
(c) A picture of different facial expressions.
(d) A picture of the people he sees on the train.

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

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

8. How old was the narrator when Siobhan started working at the school?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 7 years old.

9. What does the narrator use Chapter 163 to do?
(a) Explain how he learned that other people had minds.
(b) Explain why Mother thinks like she does.
(c) Explain a new theory of how people think.
(d) Explain how one of his classmates thinks.

10. What does the narrator do when his father tries to make up with him in Chapter 167?
(a) Runs out of the room.
(b) Cries and covers his head with a pillow.
(c) Screams and pushes his father off the bed.
(d) Hits his father.

11. What does the narrator conclude about time at the end of Chapter 193?
(a) Time can be summarized in a timetable.
(b) Time does not standstill for any man.
(c) Time is a mystery and not a thing.
(d) Time changes a person's outlook on life.

12. What is the gift that Father gives to the narrator at the end of the book?
(a) A golden retriever puppy.
(b) A book with math puzzles.
(c) A Sherlock Holmes novel.
(d) A video about mammals in the wild.

13. Where does the narrator's father fall asleep in Chapter 167?
(a) In the narrator's bedroom.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In his van.
(d) In the kitchen.

14. How many other things did the narrator not write down about his trip to the countryside with Mother and Father?
(a) 38.
(b) 41.
(c) 27.
(d) 31.

15. What is not one of the things that the narrator says he can stay home and do if he doesn't want to go anywhere?
(a) Eat broccoli, oranges, and licorice laces.
(b) Play video games for a whole week.
(c) Take a bath and finish writing his book.
(d) Sit in the corner of a room and rub a 1 pound coin over the radiator.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, if everyone in the world was tossing coins, eventually how many heads in a row would someone get?

2. What does the narrator say will happen when humans evolve into another animal?

3. Who was the narrator's first main teacher at school?

4. What does the narrator do when a man urges him to hurry up in the train station?

5. Why does the narrator say people believe in God?

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