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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 is the narrator's full name?
(a) Christopher John Francis Boone.
(b) Wellington Benjamin James Boone.
(c) Thomas Matthew Roger Mason.
(d) James Weldon Christopher Williams.

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

3. What information does the narrator include on the graph in Chapter 151?
(a) How many children are in the school, by year.
(b) How many children learned to swim, by year.
(c) How many animal life forms live in the pond.
(d) How many frogs there were in the pond, by year.

4. Which of the following is not one of the three reasons the narrator deduces for killing a dog?
(a) Because you want to upset Mrs. Shears.
(b) Because you were afraid of the dog.
(c) Because you were mad.
(d) Because you hated the dog.

5. In Chapter 109, who tells the narrator, "...sometimes we get sad about things and we don't like to tell other people that we are sad about them."
(a) Rhodri.
(b) Father.
(c) Mrs. Alexander.
(d) Siobhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 67, who does the narrator think killed the dog?

2. When the narrator sees four yellow cars in a row, what type of day does that signal for him?

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

4. Why do the police arrest the narrator?

5. What does the narrator say caused much of the stress in his parent's relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christopher determine where he will go live now that he has learned that father killed Wellington? Why does he make the decision to go to London?

2. According to the narrator, why are people different than animals? What example does Christopher give?

3. How is Christopher's memory like a video player? And how is it different?

4. Why does Father kill Wellington?

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

6. What are three reasons why Christopher does not like brown or yellow?

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

8. Describe Rhodri.

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

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

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