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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 199.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Father tell the narrator his mother died of?
(a) An aneurysm.
(b) An asthma attack.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Breast cancer.

2. What type of video does the narrator watch while waiting for his father to get home?
(a) A video about the reproduction of mammals.
(b) A video about life in the deepest parts of the ocean.
(c) A video about the evolution of man.
(d) A video about the life of seagulls.

3. What type of formula does the narrator write?
(a) A formula for a population of schools.
(b) A fromula for a population of teachers.
(c) A formula for a population of students.
(d) A formula for a population of animals.

4. Why does the narrator say that half an eye is very useful?
(a) It means that an animal can only see half of an animal it wants to eat.
(b) It means that an animal will not live very long.
(c) It means that an animal will always be able to see its prey.
(d) It means that an animal can't see at all.

5. How many months did it take the narrator's hair to grow back after he fell out of the car?
(a) Three months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Five months.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator hear shortly after he wakes up in Chapter 179?

2. Why does the narrator say you can join Orion to bits of Lepus, Taurus, or Gemini?

3. What does Father make the narrator promise to give up at the end of Chapter 79?

4. How does Mrs. Forbes respond to the narrator's dislike of two colors?

5. How long did the lady in the cafe say the narrator had been in the train station?

(see the answer key)

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