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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Mrs. Forbes respond to the narrator's dislike of two colors?
2. Why does the narrator say prime numbers are considered military material?
3. What does the narrator have to do to the Gobi Aloo Sag before he can eat it?
4. In Chapter 89, what Joseph Conrad book does Siobhan tell the narrator about?
5. What does the narrator's memory have that is similar to a soundtrack?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Christopher alert Siobhan that he knows about his Mother and Mr. Shears? And what advice does she give him about the new information that he has?
2. What groundbreaking information does Christopher find out in the Chapter 149, and how does he learn this information?
3. What does Mrs. Anderson reveal to Christopher about his mother in Chapter 97?
4. Describe Christopher's favorite dream.
5. What is the point of Chapter 101?
6. According to Christopher, what is time? What is not time?
7. Why does Christopher like timetables? When did he make timetables? What example of a timetable does he give the reader?
8. What series of events causes Christopher and his mother to head back to Swindon?
9. Why does Christopher say that it is silly to name constellations for their shapes? What are two examples he gives for his reasoning?
10. How does Christopher compare his father's and mother's anger towards him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the novel not end when Christopher discovers the identity of Wellington's killer? Is the dog's death the real mystery of the novel or is the death of Christopher's mother the real mystery of the novel? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Why does the novel end so suddenly, unlike the start of the novel which takes a while to build? Please discuss the novel's pace and use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Christopher not tell Father that he knows about Mother leaving with Mr. Shears? Why does Christopher not tell his Father that he has written about this in his novel? Why does Christopher not tell his father that he has found Mother's letters? Does he think father will be upset that Christopher knows this information? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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