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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. How does Mrs. Forbes respond to the narrator's dislike of two colors?
(a) She said it's just plain awful.
(b) She said it's just being silly.
(c) She said that it's tacky.
(d) She said that everyone has a favorite color.

2. What does the narrator have to do to the Gobi Aloo Sag before he can eat it?
(a) Adds red food coloring to it.
(b) Adds pepper to it.
(c) Says a prayer over it.
(d) Holds his nose.

3. In Chapter 89, what Joseph Conrad book does Siobhan tell the narrator about?
(a) Cave of Darkness.
(b) Dark Heart.
(c) Tales of Darkness.
(d) Heart of Darkness.

4. 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) Father.
(b) Mrs. Alexander.
(c) Rhodri.
(d) Siobhan.

5. How many red cars does Christopher's bus consecutively pass on his way to school?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was on the front cover the card the narrator sent to his mother while she was in the hospital?

2. What is the narrator's favorite book?

3. What drawing is the narrator carrying with him at the police headquarters?

4. What does the narrator's memory have that is similar to a soundtrack?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Wellington's condition in Chapter 2.

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

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

6. What is the point of Chapter 101?

7. What example does Christopher give of a mystery that is not a mystery? How is this mystery not a mystery? What technique does he use to diminish the mystery?

8. What is the purpose of Chapter 199?

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

10. What series of events causes Christopher and his mother to head back to Swindon?

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