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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 does the narrator say caused much of the stress in his parent's relationship?
(a) Father's infidelity.
(b) The narrator's behavioral problems.
(c) Father's long work hours.
(d) Mother's extreme mood swings.

2. The type of day the narrator has depends on the number of cars he passes on the way to school. What are the two types of days that he has?
(a) Green days and black days.
(b) Brown days and super good days.
(c) Good days and black days.
(d) Quite good days and bad days.

3. What emotion was expressed in the first face picture that Siobhan shared with the narrator?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Discontent.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Confusion.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the police arrest the narrator?

2. What did Father take to the hospital when he went to visit Mother?

3. Why does the narrator say prime numbers are considered military material?

4. What reason does the narrator give for having a pond at school?

5. According to the narrator, what group did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle join when he got old?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was it necessary for Siobhan to draw pictures of different emotions for the narrator to study?

5. How does Christopher explain Mr. and Mrs. Shears' relationship?

6. Describe The Case of the Cottingley Fairies.

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

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

9. 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"?

10. Why does Christopher say he would make a good astronaut?

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