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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 is one of the reasons the narrator gives for finding people confusing?
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?
3. Why is the narrator's father frustrated by the time they reach home from the police headquarters?
4. For how long was the narrator hugging the dog when he heard screaming?
5. What mystery does the narrator say scientists will solve someday?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Christopher feel he cannot trust his father? How does he react towards Father after he confesses to Wellington's death?
2. What happens to Christopher during the six days he waits to look at the letters?
3. What series of events causes Christopher and his mother to head back to Swindon?
4. How does Christopher escape the police officer in Chapter 211?
5. Describe Christopher's adventures at the police headquarters.
6. 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"?
7. Why is Father upset with Christopher in Chapter 79?
8. According to the narrator, why are people different than animals? What example does Christopher give?
9. How does Christopher alert Siobhan that he knows about his Mother and Mr. Shears? And what advice does she give him about the new information that he has?
10. Why does Christopher say that it is silly to name constellations for their shapes? What are two examples he gives for his reasoning?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are several illustrations throughout the book. What roles do these illustration have in regards to the text in the novel? Why is it necessary for the author to include these illustrations? What do these illustrations say about the author? What do these illustrations say about Christopher? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How is it that Christopher can look at the clouds and envision an alien spacecraft and other imaginary forms but is so totally closed off to the notion of anything that is not observable in the real universe? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
A major theme in the book is rage. How does Christopher express his rage? How does Father express his rage? How does Mother express her rage? What similarities are there in the way the family expresses their rage? What differences are here in the way the family expresses their rage? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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