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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 say he can see between the roof of the shed and the big plant that hangs over the fence from the house next door?
(a) A constellation.
(b) The moon.
(c) A shooting star.
(d) The planet Venus.

2. What grade does the narrator get on each section of his A-level exams?
(a) C.
(b) A.
(c) D.
(d) B.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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 drove off of the earth.
(c) If he broke into the car.
(d) If he stole the radio.

12. Why did the narrator feel giddy and sick at the train station?
(a) He smelled the bathrooms.
(b) There were lots of people.
(c) The station was too big.
(d) He had an empty stomach.

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

14. What happens when the narrator goes to Mrs. Shears' house?
(a) Mrs. Shears yells at the narrator for knocking on her door.
(b) Mrs. Shears answer the door crying.
(c) Father and Mrs. Shears are arguing.
(d) There is no answer.

15. What term does the narrator give to the phenomenon in which eyes move from point to point without really seeing what is in between the two points?
(a) Visual Illuminations.
(b) Visual Escapes.
(c) Visual Memorization.
(d) Visual Saccades.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Toby while Christopher and Toby are in the train station?

3. How does the narrator figure out that he is in London?

4. How many sections does the A-level exams have?

5. What does the narrator sketch while on the train?

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