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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. Why does the narrator like Sherlock Holmes?
(a) Because he does believe in the supernatural.
(b) Because he is not stupid.
(c) Because he does not believe in the supernatural.
(d) Because he is stupid.

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

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

4. How does the narrator's father describe Mr. Shears?
(a) As an angry man.
(b) As a gentle man.
(c) As a nice man.
(d) As an evil man.

5. In Chapter 137, why does Father apologize to the narrator on Saturday?
(a) For not taking the narrator to get lunch.
(b) For not taking the narrator on their outing the previous Saturday.
(c) For getting angry.
(d) For not telling the narrator about Mr. Shears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of dog does Mrs. Alexander own?

2. What is one of the reasons the narrator gives for finding people confusing?

3. How many attachments does the narrator's Swiss army knife have?

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

5. What concept, which appeared in a newspaper column, does the narrator explain in Chapter 101?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Christopher tell Mr. Jeavons about Terry? And why is it significant that he reveals his conversation with Terry?

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

3. How has the train ride proved to be a great growth experience for Christopher?

4. What is the purpose of Chapter 181? Why does the author feel the need to include Chapter 181 in the novel?

5. How is the novel that the narrator is writing similar to that of the Sherlock Holmes novel Hounds of the Baskervilles? How is it different?

6. What does Mrs. Anderson reveal to Christopher about his mother in Chapter 97?

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

8. Why would Christopher not take a vacation?

9. Why does Christopher not believe in the supernatural? Give one example of supernatural mysteries that he does not believe in.

10. Why does Christopher like timetables? When did he make timetables? What example of a timetable does he give the reader?

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