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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many red cars does Christopher's bus consecutively pass on his way to school?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

2. Which one of the following it not one of the narrator's favorite animals?
(a) An African elephant.
(b) A spider monkey.
(c) A sea lion.
(d) An orangutan.

3. What does Mrs. Alexander reveal to the narrator about Mr. Shears?
(a) Mr. Shears killed the dog.
(b) Mr. Shears married his mistress.
(c) Mr. Shears died two years ago.
(d) Mr. Shears was having an affair with the narrator's mother.

4. What is the name of the man who works for Father and greets the narrator at the start of Chapter 103?
(a) Juan.
(b) Degrassi.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Rhodri.

5. How does Mrs. Alexander respond when the narrator asks if Mrs. Shears killed his mother?
(a) Mrs. Alexander admits that Mrs. Shears did not kill his mother.
(b) Mrs. Shears admits that she did not know the narrator's mother.
(c) Mrs. Alexander admits that Mrs. Shears did kill his mother.
(d) Mrs. Alexander did not know the narrator's mother was dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what four moods does the dog have?

2. Where did Uncle Terry encounter a ghost?

3. Why does the narrator say he uses prime numbers?

4. What does the narrator's memory have that is similar to a soundtrack?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Christopher supposed to refer to the students at his school, and why is Christopher not supposed to refer to the children at his school as "stupid"?

2. What happens to Christopher during the six days he waits to look at the letters?

3. Describe Rhodri.

4. How does Christopher explain the meaning of adverts, and what example of an advert does he give?

5. Why does Christopher say people believe in God? How does he view people that believe in God? What are Christopher's beliefs?

6. How does Christopher determine where he will go live now that he has learned that father killed Wellington? Why does he make the decision to go to London?

7. Describe the series of events that led to Christopher's arrest.

8. Describe Christopher and Father's Saturday outing in Chapter 137.

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

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

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