The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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1. Christopher Boone likes dogs because…?

a. you always know what a dog is thinking
b. dogs are faithful
c. dogs do not tell lies
d. all of the above

2. According to Christopher, Dog / Night Time is a…?

a. memoir
b. romance
c. coming of age story
d. murder mystery novel

3. Christopher likens his mind to a…?

a. bread-slicing machine
b. graphic video game
c. corporate mailroom
d. colander (strainer or sieve)

4. How does Christopher respond when the policeman takes his arm and lifts him onto his feet ?

a. Christopher tries to pat him down
b. Christopher reads him his rights
c. Christopher hits him
d. Christopher lets out a bloodcurdling scream

5. Why does Chapter 5 immediately follow Chapter 3 ?

a. Christopher likes odd numbers

b. Christopher likes prime numbers
c. Christopher has „issues‟ with the number „4‟
d. Christopher‟s disability makes it nearly impossible for him to maintain „chronological integrity‟

6. Christopher finds people confusing for two main reasons. The first reason is that people…?

a. expect you to read their mind
b. always say the opposite of what they feel
c. do a lot of talking without using any words
d. take out their frustrations on innocent bystanders

7. …WHAT‟S the second reason (↑) ?

8. What does Christopher‟s name mean ?

9. Christopher does not like hugs. What do he and his father do to demonstrate their love for each other ?

a. hold their hands over their hearts
b. blow each other kisses
c. use a secret handshake
d. touch fingertips

10. What signifies that it‟s going to be a „Good Day‟ ?

a. hearing a song by a musician who has passed away on the way to school
b. not getting stopped at any traffic lights on the way to school
c. passing four red cars in a row on the way to school
d. waking up before your alarm goes off

11. A „Red Herring‟ is…?

a. a clue that is found in nature
b. a clue that is discovered by sheer coincidence
c. a clue that makes you come to a wrong conclusion
d. a clue that leads to additional, more valuable, evidence

12. What is one of the ways Christopher gets used to people he doesn‟t know ?

a. he goes for a walk in the park with them
b. he has them draw a plan of their house
c. he has them fill out a questionnaire
d. he invites them over to dinner

13. Christopher‟s „behavioral problems‟ include all of the following except…?

a. not eating food if different sorts of food are touching each other
b. hating kangaroos and other marsupials
c. not liking yellow or brown things
d. hating France

14. Christopher has aspirations of becoming…?

a. a marine biologist
b. a veterinarian
c. a math teacher
d. an astronaut

15. Who is Toby ?

16. What does Mrs. Alexander reveal to Christopher about Mr. Shears ?

17. Mr. Jeavons said that Christopher liked math because…?

a. it was safe
b. it was challenging
c. it was monotonous
d. it was spontaneous
18. What is Christopher‟s favorite book ?

a. Heart of Darkness
b. Hound of the Baskervilles
c. Pride and Prejudice
d. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
19. If Christopher were a „proper detective‟, he would emulate…?

20. Christopher hates brown and yellow for all of the following reasons except…?

a. dirt
b. bananas
c. sweet corn
d. footballs
21. Why doesn‟t Christopher like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of “the answer to #19” ?

a. his books contained too much senseless violence
b. he believed that detective work was subject to whims and fancies
c. he believed that good always triumphed over evil
d. he believed in the supernatural

22. Aside from his book, what else does Christopher find in his father‟s „shirt box‟ ?

a. a garden folk
b. a handgun
c. a letter from his mother
d. a letter from Mr. Shears

23. Who killed Wellington ?

“Sometimes when I am in a new place and there are lots of people there…I have to close my eyes and put my
hands over my ears and groan.” Christopher Boone

24. Christopher likens the aforementioned statement (↑) to…?

a. turning off a light switch
b. pressing „redial‟ on a telephone
c. pressing CTL + ALT + DEL on a computer
d. running a vacuum cleaner across his living room rug

25. What does Christopher do to make his head clearer ?

a. a math problem
b. a jigsaw puzzle
c. a crossword puzzle
d. a science experiment

26. “Sometimes when I am frightened or angry it helps if I do something…” Christopher Boone ?

a. with Uncle Terry
b. that involves animals, like petting a dog
c. that involves water, like taking a hot bath
d. that has rhythm to it, like music or drumming

27. One of Christopher‟s favorite dreams involves…?

a. a serum that alleviates all of his autistic impulses
b. a pot of gold discovered at the end of a rainbow
c. a virus that kills nearly everyone on earth
d. a lunch date with the Wizard of Oz

28. After arriving in London, Christopher announces that he has to return to Swindon. Why ?

a. to reconcile his relationship with his father
b. to apprehend Wellington‟s murderer
c. to say goodbye to Mrs. Alexander
d. to take a math test

29. What does Christopher do to block out the argument between Mother and Mr. Shears ?

a. blow a whistle repeatedly
b. tune a radio between two stations and hold it against his ear
c. fill a bathtub with water and submerge his head for two minutes at a time
d. wrap an afghan around his head and wedge himself between a mattress and boxspring

30. In an effort to make amends, Christopher‟s father buys him a present. What is it ?