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

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

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

4. What does mother try to explain in the second letter the narrator reads?
(a) Her illness.
(b) Her absense.
(c) Her behavior towards Father.
(d) The mystery of ghosts.

5. What does the narrator compare peoples' brains to?
(a) Lawn Mowers.
(b) Televisions.
(c) Computers.
(d) VCRs.

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

7. Where does the narrator hide after he gets down in the subway tunnel and sees all of the people in the tube?
(a) A subway tunnel.
(b) A corner.
(c) A photo booth.
(d) A phone booth.

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

9. When did the narrator make timetables?
(a) When he studied for his A-level math exam.
(b) When he was charting the number of red cars he saw on his way to school.
(c) When he played with his trains.
(d) When he was looking for the dog's killer.

10. How many illustrations are in Chapter 173?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

11. What does the narrator say will happen when humans evolve into another animal?
(a) The new animal will free the captured animals.
(b) The new animal will be dumber than human beings.
(c) The new animal will put humans being into a zoo.
(d) The new animal will kill human beings.

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

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

14. Why did Father kill the dog?
(a) He thought that the dog was a nuisance.
(b) He did not like dogs.
(c) He was distraught by his relationship with Mrs. Shears.
(d) He caught the dog using the bathroom on his lawn.

15. Where does the narrator say Mrs. Shear's coffeemaker is from?
(a) Italy.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Venezuela.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, why is Orion called Orion?

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

3. Why does the narrator say he does not like new places?

4. Why does the narrator say that half an eye is very useful?

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

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