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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator's experience with the toilet on the train traumatic?
(a) Because there was someone in the toilet and he had to relieve himself.
(b) Because there was urine on the floor.
(c) Because there was feces on the toilet seat.
(d) Because there was no sink to wash his hands.

2. What does the narrator sketch while on the train?
(a) The patterns of the upholstry and buckheads of the train.
(b) A map of Europe.
(c) A picture of his mother and father when they were married.
(d) Toby's picture.

3. Which one of the following is not one of the three conditions the narrator names as to why life on earth occurred as the result of an accident?
(a) Mutation.
(b) Heritability.
(c) Replication.
(d) Extraction.

4. In the first letter, what trip does the narrator's mother refer to?
(a) A trip she took with the narrator to buy him school shoes.
(b) A trip she took with Father to buy furniture.
(c) A trip she took with Mr. Shears to dump off their old refrigerator and cooker.
(d) A trip she took with Uncle Terry to shop for new clothing.

5. In the narrator's dream in Chapter 229, what would not matter if he took someone's car and drove away?
(a) If he broke into the car.
(b) If he bumped into things and drove to the sea.
(c) If he stole the radio.
(d) If he drove off of the earth.

6. What does the narrator say will happen when humans evolve into another animal?
(a) The new animal will free the captured animals.
(b) The new animal will put humans being into a zoo.
(c) The new animal will be dumber than human beings.
(d) The new animal will kill human beings.

7. What time does the narrator wake up on his sample timetable?
(a) 7:50 AM.
(b) 6:50 AM.
(c) 7:20 AM.
(d) 6:30 AM.

8. How does the narrator decide to travel to his mother's house?
(a) By foot.
(b) By train.
(c) By bus.
(d) By cab.

9. Why does the narrator say people believe in God?
(a) Because the world is very complicated.
(b) Because they are trained to believe in God.
(c) Because they do not have anything else to believe in.
(d) Because they have nothing else to do.

10. When the narrator returns to his original seat on the train, what does he find is missing?
(a) His bag.
(b) His new friend.
(c) The feces in the bathroom.
(d) His money.

11. Who helps the narrator find the subway tunnel that he will take in London?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A train conductor.
(c) A stranger heading towards the subway tunnel.
(d) The lady at an information booth.

12. How does the narrator feel when the dream in Chapter 229 is over?
(a) Happy.
(b) Worried.
(c) Sad.
(d) Scared.

13. What illustration does the narrator include in Chapter 229?
(a) A picture of different facial expressions.
(b) A picture of his father.
(c) A picture depicting his dream.
(d) A picture of the people he sees on the train.

14. Where does the narrator's father fall asleep in Chapter 167?
(a) In his van.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the narrator's bedroom.
(d) In the living room.

15. According to the narrator, if everyone in the world was tossing coins, eventually how many heads in a row would someone get?
(a) 4,389.
(b) 5,698.
(c) 3,299.
(d) 2,088.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he can see between the roof of the shed and the big plant that hangs over the fence from the house next door?

2. What does the narrator do when a man urges him to hurry up in the train station?

3. Why did Father kill the dog?

4. What does the narrator use Chapter 163 to do?

5. How many illustrations are in Chapter 181?

(see the answer keys)

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