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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the lady in the cafe say the narrator had been in the train station?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Two and a half hours.
(c) Three and a half hours.
(d) Two hours.

2. How much money did the narrator take out of the bank machine at the train station?
(a) 40 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

3. Why does the narrator decide he cannot live with Siobhan?
(a) Because she would get in trouble with the school.
(b) Because she lives to close to Father.
(c) Because she will tell Father that he is living with her.
(d) Because she is not an actually friend.

4. Why does the narrator say he does not like new places?
(a) Because he sees everything.
(b) Because they are different than the places he is already used to.
(c) Because they smell funny.
(d) Because they are filled with new people.

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

6. Who calls the narrator's name at the start of Chapter 197?
(a) Siobhan.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) The policeman.

7. How many sections does the A-level exams have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

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

9. How does the narrator close out Chapter 167?
(a) He falls asleep.
(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 wonders what he is going to do next.

10. How many illustrations are in Chapter 181?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

14. Where does the narrator hide as the train approaches Didcot Parkway?
(a) In a suitcase.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) In another train car.
(d) Behind a row of luggage.

15. The narrator starts Chapter 157 with a discourse on what happened at school for what number of days?
(a) Six days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Ten days.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator ask to watch Toby while he goes to visit his mother?

2. For what day does the narrator provide a sample timetable?

3. Why does the narrator say you can join Orion to bits of Lepus, Taurus, or Gemini?

4. What does mother try to explain in the second letter the narrator reads?

5. What illustration does the narrator include at the end of Chapter 223?

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