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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word orangutan mean?
(a) Man of the woods.
(b) Swinging man.
(c) Man of the forest.
(d) Man at work.

2. In the narrator's dream in Chapter 229, what would not matter if he took someone's car and drove away?
(a) If he bumped into things and drove to the sea.
(b) If he broke into the car.
(c) If he drove off of the earth.
(d) If he stole the radio.

3. Approximately, how long does the narrator spend on the bench at the subway station in Chapter 227?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 7 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

4. When the narrator returns to his original seat on the train, what does he find is missing?
(a) His new friend.
(b) His money.
(c) His bag.
(d) The feces in the bathroom.

5. 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) Sit in the corner of a room and rub a 1 pound coin over the radiator.
(c) Play video games for a whole week.
(d) Take a bath and finish writing his book.

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

7. 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 changes a person's outlook on life.
(d) Time is a mystery and not a thing.

8. What does the narrator do when a man urges him to hurry up in the train station?
(a) He hits the man.
(b) He barks at the man.
(c) He runs from the man.
(d) He yells at the man.

9. What does the narrator do when his father falls asleep in Chapter 167?
(a) Goes to Mrs. Shears' house.
(b) Sneaks out the house.
(c) Reads more letters from his mother.
(d) Watches one of his videos.

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

11. How does the narrator view his father after he reveals that he killed the dog?
(a) As a liar and murder.
(b) As a fighter and liar.
(c) As a protector and provider.
(d) As a lover and murder.

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

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

14. 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.

15. In retrospect, what does the narrator say he lied about in Chapter 13?
(a) Not being able to tell jokes.
(b) This book not being a funny book.
(c) Not telling lies.
(d) His mother's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do when he shuts his mind down?

2. In Chapter 227, what is Mother doing when she arrives to her home and Christopher is awaiting her arrival?

3. The narrator starts Chapter 157 with a discourse on what happened at school for what number of days?

4. What illustration does the narrator include in Chapter 229?

5. Where does the narrator hide after he gets down in the subway tunnel and sees all of the people in the tube?

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