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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 type of video does the narrator watch while waiting for his father to get home?
2. What did Father tell the narrator his mother died of?
3. How does the narrator's father describe Mr. Shears?
4. Where did Uncle Terry encounter a ghost?
5. How many red cars does Christopher's bus consecutively pass on his way to school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was it necessary for Siobhan to draw pictures of different emotions for the narrator to study?
2. Describe The Case of the Cottingley Fairies.
3. How does Christopher compare his father's and mother's anger towards him?
4. Does Christopher believe in heaven? Why or Why not? Whose opinion about heaven does he seek and what do they tell him?
5. How is the novel that the narrator is writing similar to that of the Sherlock Holmes novel Hounds of the Baskervilles? How is it different?
6. What does Christopher tell Mr. Jeavons about Terry? And why is it significant that he reveals his conversation with Terry?
7. Describe Christopher's feelings towards his father and how he deals with his feelings in Chapter 233?
8. How does Christopher behave while in the subway tunnel?
9. Why does Christopher not believe in the supernatural? Give one example of supernatural mysteries that he does not believe in.
10. Why does Father kill Wellington?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are Christopher's views on God? How does he view God? Does he believe in God? Why or why not? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Why does the novel not end when Christopher discovers the identity of Wellington's killer? Is the dog's death the real mystery of the novel or is the death of Christopher's mother the real mystery of the novel? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What are Christopher's three most significant accomplishments in this book? Why are these accomplishments so significant? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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