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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 types of books does the narrator mostly read?
(a) Books about animals and people.
(b) Science and math books.
(c) Books about plants and animals.
(d) Math and biology books.

2. What time was it when the narrator saw the dog laying on the grass?
(a) 10:03 p.m.
(b) 9:10 a.m.
(c) 12:07 a.m.
(d) 11:55 a.m.

3. Why do the police arrest the narrator?
(a) For killing the dog.
(b) For breaking into his neighbor's house.
(c) For assulting a police officer.
(d) For stealing his neighbor's plants out of her front yard.

4. What is the narrator's pet rat's name?
(a) Toby.
(b) James.
(c) George.
(d) Marshall.

5. What did Father tell the narrator his mother died of?
(a) An aneurysm.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) An asthma attack.
(d) Breast cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made the narrator think at one time that his parents were going to get a divorce?

2. What was the breed of the dog the narrator found on the grass?

3. Where does the narrator find his book?

4. In Chapter 137, why does Father apologize to the narrator on Saturday?

5. What does the narrator put on the kitchen table when he returns home in Chapter 127?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Shears behavior differ in Chapter 53 from her behavior the night that Wellington was killed (Chapter 5)?

2. How does Christopher behave while in the subway tunnel?

3. What groundbreaking information does Christopher find out in the Chapter 149, and how does he learn this information?

4. How does Christopher escape the police officer in Chapter 211?

5. What happened to Toby in Chapter 227? How does the narrator save Toby?

6. Why does Christopher say that it is silly to name constellations for their shapes? What are two examples he gives for his reasoning?

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

8. According to the narrator, what is a murder mystery? Why does he decide to write a murder mystery?

9. Does Christopher believe in heaven? Why or Why not? Whose opinion about heaven does he seek and what do they tell him?

10. What strategy does Christopher use to cope with his new surroundings and large amounts of people at the train station?

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