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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 the name of Mrs. Alexander's dog?

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

3. What reason does the narrator give for having a pond at school?

4. How many attachments does the narrator's Swiss army knife have?

5. What type of dog does Mrs. Alexander own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the point of Chapter 101?

2. Why does Christopher go to Mrs. Alexander's house? What does he tell her? Why does Christopher leave her house in a hurry?

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

4. How is Christopher's memory like a video player? And how is it different?

5. What happened to Toby in Chapter 227? How does the narrator save Toby?

6. Why was it necessary for Siobhan to draw pictures of different emotions for the narrator to study?

7. How does Mrs. Shears behavior differ in Chapter 53 from her behavior the night that Wellington was killed (Chapter 5)?

8. What information does Christopher learn in the first letter from his mother that he reads?

9. Why would Christopher not take a vacation?

10. What groundbreaking information does Christopher find out in the Chapter 149, and how does he learn this information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Christopher a nontraditional hero? What actions does he take to showcase his heroic side? What are Christopher's strengths as a hero? What are Christopher's weaknesses as a hero? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does Christopher view reality? Does he live in the same reality as all of the other characters? Or does he live in an altered reality? Explain your answer. 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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