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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mother lose her job?
(a) She was not completing her assignments on time.
(b) She quit.
(c) She is taking too much time off of work.
(d) Her job found out about her son.

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

3. What reason does the narrator give for going to London?
(a) To find Siobhan.
(b) To escape his father.
(c) To live with his mother.
(d) To take his A-level exam.

4. What is the setting of Chapter 197?
(a) The police station.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) A train car.
(d) The train station.

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

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

7. 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) Sit in the corner of a room and rub a 1 pound coin over the radiator.
(b) Take a bath and finish writing his book.
(c) Play video games for a whole week.
(d) Eat broccoli, oranges, and licorice laces.

8. Who supervises the narrator while he takes his A-level exams?
(a) Siobhan.
(b) Reverend Peters.
(c) Mrs. Gascoyne.
(d) Mr. Loxely.

9. How many months did it take the narrator's hair to grow back after he fell out of the car?
(a) Five months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Six months.

10. Which one of the following is not one of the names the narrator gave to the entity that would form if you joined Orion, Lepus, Taurus, or Gemini?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The Bicycle.
(c) The Bunch of Grapes.
(d) The Pound of Fish.

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

12. 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 the stars move around.
(c) Because there are not any lines in space.
(d) Because Lepus, Taurus and Gemini have not been discovered by scientists.

13. In the fourth letter, what medical procedure does mother say she had done?
(a) Mouth wired shut.
(b) Root canal.
(c) Teeth pulled.
(d) Foot operation.

14. What sound does the narrator compare the train's arrival in Chapter 227 to?
(a) A sword fight.
(b) A bird chirping loudly.
(c) A screaming tea kettle.
(d) A tornado.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps the narrator find the subway tunnel that he will take in London?

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

3. Where does the narrator hide as the train approaches Didcot Parkway?

4. What does the narrator use Chapter 163 to do?

5. How many illustrations are in Chapter 181?

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