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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What profession does the narrator tell his readers he would be good at?
2. Where did Uncle Terry encounter a ghost?
3. What drawing is the narrator carrying with him at the police headquarters?
4. What type of formula does the narrator write?
5. In Chapter 97, where does the narrator go after he arrives home from school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to Toby in Chapter 227? How does the narrator save Toby?
2. How does Christopher explain the meaning of adverts, and what example of an advert does he give?
3. Describe Christopher and Father's Saturday outing in Chapter 137.
4. According to Christopher, what is time? What is not time?
5. Describe the series of events that led to Christopher's arrest.
6. Why would Christopher not take a vacation?
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. Describe Wellington's condition in Chapter 2.
9. Why does Christopher say that it is silly to name constellations for their shapes? What are two examples he gives for his reasoning?
10. Why is Chapter 173 symbolic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Christopher not tell Father that he knows about Mother leaving with Mr. Shears? Why does Christopher not tell his Father that he has written about this in his novel? Why does Christopher not tell his father that he has found Mother's letters? Does he think father will be upset that Christopher knows this information? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What is Father's motivation for keeping the truth about Mother away from Christopher? Is his purpose to save Christopher's feelings or to punish his wife? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Several chapters in the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, are missing from the novel. Why does the author choose to leave these chapters out? Do the missing chapters add to the mystery in the novel? Do you think these chapters contain any important information? How would the story changed if all the chapters were included in the novel? Would it be the same or different? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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