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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do when his father tries to make up with him in Chapter 167?
(a) Runs out of the room.
(b) Screams and pushes his father off the bed.
(c) Cries and covers his head with a pillow.
(d) Hits his father.

2. What is not one of the things that the narrator says he can stay home and do if he doesn't want to go anywhere?
(a) Eat broccoli, oranges, and licorice laces.
(b) Take a bath and finish writing his book.
(c) Sit in the corner of a room and rub a 1 pound coin over the radiator.
(d) Play video games for a whole week.

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

4. What is the gift that Father gives to the narrator at the end of the book?
(a) A book with math puzzles.
(b) A Sherlock Holmes novel.
(c) A golden retriever puppy.
(d) A video about mammals in the wild.

5. 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?
(a) The moon.
(b) The planet Venus.
(c) A shooting star.
(d) A constellation.

6. How does the narrator view his father after he reveals that he killed the dog?
(a) As a lover and murder.
(b) As a fighter and liar.
(c) As a liar and murder.
(d) As a protector and provider.

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

8. Why does the narrator say he does not like new places?
(a) Because they are filled with new people.
(b) Because they are different than the places he is already used to.
(c) Because they smell funny.
(d) Because he sees everything.

9. In Chapter 229, what happens in the narrator's dream?
(a) People leave earth to live on a newly discovered planet.
(b) Almost everyone on earth dies from a virus.
(c) People are taken captive by animals.
(d) Everyone dies from a meterorite.

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

11. How many illustrations are in Chapter 181?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

12. What does the narrator conclude about time at the end of Chapter 193?
(a) Time can be summarized in a timetable.
(b) Time is a mystery and not a thing.
(c) Time does not standstill for any man.
(d) Time changes a person's outlook on life.

13. In Chapter 227, what is Mother doing when she arrives to her home and Christopher is awaiting her arrival?
(a) Arguing with Mr. Shears.
(b) Getting out of a cab.
(c) Talking to one of her neighbors.
(d) Running in the rain.

14. What illustration does the narrator include at the end of Chapter 223?
(a) A drawing of three blind mice.
(b) A picture of a holiday.
(c) A picture of orangutans.
(d) A sample advert.

15. What is in the Smarties box?
(a) A marker.
(b) Stickers.
(c) A pencil.
(d) Smarties.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what day does the narrator provide a sample timetable?

2. After the six days, what does the narrator do when he returns home from school in Chapter 157?

3. How old was the narrator when Siobhan started working at the school?

4. In retrospect, what does the narrator say he lied about in Chapter 13?

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

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