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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father make the narrator promise to give up at the end of Chapter 79?
(a) Not talking about Mr. Shears.
(b) His silly detective game.
(c) Not talking about his mother.
(d) Talking to Mrs. Shears.

2. In reflection, what does the narrator recall about his mother's temper?
(a) His mother always left the house when she was in a rage.
(b) His mother was very kind and gentle.
(c) His mother used to fight with his father a lot.
(d) His mother has a quicker temper than Father.

3. In Chapter 97, where does the narrator go after he arrives home from school?
(a) To the local store.
(b) To Mrs. Shears' house.
(c) To visit Mrs. Alexander.
(d) To visit Father at work.

4. What did Father take to the hospital when he went to visit Mother?
(a) Flowers from Spencer's.
(b) Books from Barnes and Noble.
(c) Shoes from Han Coles.
(d) Food from Marks and Spencer's.

5. In Chapter 127, how does the narrator respond to his father grabbing him after Father finds what the narrator put on the kitchen table?
(a) He hits his father.
(b) He storms out of the room.
(c) He screams at his father.
(d) He starts crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator's father describe Mr. Shears?

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 going to London?

4. Why is the narrator's father frustrated by the time they reach home from the police headquarters?

5. What does the narrator do when he shuts his mind down?

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