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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the narrator think at one time that his parents were going to get a divorce?
(a) Because Mother moved out.
(b) Because they had a lot of arguments.
(c) Because they did not sleep in the same room.
(d) Because Mother got sick.

2. What colors does the narrator say he does not like?
(a) Brown and yellow.
(b) Brown and green.
(c) Red and yellow.
(d) Red and green.

3. What is the setting of Chapter 109?
(a) The narrator's school.
(b) Father's office.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The narrator's home.

4. Why is the narrator's father frustrated by the time they reach home from the police headquarters?
(a) Because the neighbors are asking them questions when they reach their home.
(b) Because the narrator will not answer Father's questions about the dog's death.
(c) Because the narrator will not admit why he was arrested.
(d) Because the narrator keeps asking questions about the dog's death.

5. What mystery does the narrator say scientists will solve someday?
(a) The mystery of ghosts.
(b) The mystery of death.
(c) The mystery of lightning
(d) The mystery of electricity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Siobhan tell the narrator to begin his book?

2. Why does the narrator say he uses prime numbers?

3. What is the name of the man who works for Father and greets the narrator at the start of Chapter 103?

4. Where does the narrator's father take him for an outing in Chapter 137?

5. What emotion was expressed in the first face picture that Siobhan shared with the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Christopher during the six days he waits to look at the letters?

2. How does Christopher compare his father's and mother's anger towards him?

3. How is Christopher supposed to refer to the students at his school, and why is Christopher not supposed to refer to the children at his school as "stupid"?

4. How did Christopher's "behavioral problems" impact the relationship between his parents?

5. How does Christopher illustrate that he "sees everything"?

6. Describe Christopher and Father's Saturday outing in Chapter 137.

7. Why does Father kill Wellington?

8. Why does Christopher go to Mrs. Alexander's house? What does he tell her? Why does Christopher leave her house in a hurry?

9. What information does Christopher learn in the first letter from his mother that he reads?

10. Compare Christopher's early experience with the toilet at school (Chapter 157) and his experience on the toilet on the train (Chapter 197).

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