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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say you can join Orion to bits of Lepus, Taurus, or Gemini?
(a) Because Orion is right next to Lepus, Taurus, and Gemini.
(b) Because there are not any lines in space.
(c) Because the stars move around.
(d) Because Lepus, Taurus and Gemini have not been discovered by scientists.

2. What does the narrator do when he shuts his mind down?
(a) Eats a lot of food.
(b) Occupies himself with mathematical equations, puzzles, or games.
(c) Sleeps for long periods.
(d) Closes his eyes and meditates.

3. Why does the narrator like timetables?
(a) Because he likes to know when everything is going to happen.
(b) Because he likes to use them for his mathematical equations.
(c) Because timetables remind him of his mother.
(d) Because he likes numbers.

4. What does the narrator do when his father falls asleep in Chapter 167?
(a) Watches one of his videos.
(b) Reads more letters from his mother.
(c) Goes to Mrs. Shears' house.
(d) Sneaks out the house.

5. What illustration does the narrator include at the end of Chapter 223?
(a) A picture of a holiday.
(b) A drawing of three blind mice.
(c) A sample advert.
(d) A picture of orangutans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other things did the narrator not write down about his trip to the countryside with Mother and Father?

2. In retrospect, what does the narrator say he lied about in Chapter 13?

3. Who approaches the narrator at the train station and asks his name and address?

4. What does the narrator eat for breakfast at his Mother's house?

5. What does the narrator say he can see between the roof of the shed and the big plant that hangs over the fence from the house next door?

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