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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 compare peoples' brains to?
(a) Televisions.
(b) VCRs.
(c) Lawn Mowers.
(d) Computers.

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

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

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

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

6. Who does the narrator ask to watch Toby while he goes to visit his mother?
(a) Siobhan.
(b) Mrs. Alexander.
(c) Mrs. Shears.
(d) Father.

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

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

9. 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.

10. Who was the narrator's first main teacher at school?
(a) Julie.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Siobhan.
(d) Mr. Loxely.

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

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

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

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

15. Which one of the following is not one of the three conditions the narrator names as to why life on earth occurred as the result of an accident?
(a) Heritability.
(b) Replication.
(c) Extraction.
(d) Mutation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator returns to his original seat on the train, what does he find is missing?

2. Why is the narrator's experience with the toilet on the train traumatic?

3. What does the narrator purchase from a magazine vendor in London?

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

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

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