The Strange Case of the Dog in the Night

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    1. This story is told from Christopher's very restricted point of view, basically like

    a journal. His mother's letters are the only glimpse we get into someone else's

    thinking. Can you imagine what his father's journal would look like !hat

    about his mother's journal "iobhan's

    #. $magine if the book had been written with the roles of Christopher's parents

    switched % if he had been living with his mother and went to find his father.

    How would the book be different How would it be similar

    &. or someone who has such difficulty communicating, is it a stretch to think that

    Christopher would be able to write such an accessible book

    (. !hat can we learn from Christopher's affection for animals !hy is he able toconnect with them more easily than he can with human beings

    ). Christopher has a hard time following social norms. *eading this book, which

    takes place in +ngland, do you eperience any similar confusion or

    disorientation about the culture -o you think this is comparable at all to

    Christopher's eperience

    . -o you like Christopher !hat about his father /nd his mother /re they

    good people -o you sympathi0e them when they behave unskillfully, orblame them for their shortcomings

    1. !ellington, which Christopher discovers dead at the outset of the

    novel, is what kind of animal

    /2 3oodle

    42 Tabby Cat

    C2 3arakeet

    -2 riend from "chool

    #. !hat implement was used to kill !ellington

    /2 "wiss /rmy knife

    42 "hovel

    C2 5arden fork

    -2 3oisoned Twinkie

    &. !hy does the police officer arrest Christopher at the murder scene

    /2 Christopher hits the police officer

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    42 Christopher is trespassing on 6rs. "hears7s property

    C2 Christopher has been reported missing

    -2 Christopher is a suspect in the crime

    (. How do ather and 6other epress to Christopher that they love him/2 Hugging him close

    42 "preading their fingers apart in a fan

    C2 8erbally mouthing 9$ love you:

    -2 5iving him 6ilky bars

    ). /ccording to Christopher7s system, what kind of day will it be if

    Christopher sees four yellow cars in a row

    /2 5ood -ay42 "uper 5ood -ay

    C2 "now -ay

    -2 4lack -ay

    . !hat would Christopher like to be at the start of the book

    /2 /n architect

    42 /n artist

    C2 /n astronaut-2 /n alchemist

    ;. !hat does Christopher use to label the book7s chapters

    /2 *oman numerals

    42 Cardinal numbers

    C2 6orse code

    -2 3rime numbers

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    -2 Tet book

    1?. !ho is "iobhan

    /2 Christopher7s teacher at school

    42 ather7s coworkerC2 Christopher7s invigilator

    -2 6other7s maiden name

    11. !hat is Christopher7s favorite book

    /2 The Masqueradersby 5eorgette Heyer

    42 The Hound of the Baskervillesby "ir /rthur Conan -oyle

    C2 Duneby rank Herbert

    -2 Heart of Darknessby @oseph Conrad1#. !hat does The Case of the Cottingley Fairiesrefer to

    /2 Christopher7s first novel

    42 Ane of Christopher7s favorite math problems

    C2 / 1>1; incident involving a series of fake photographs

    -2 / collection of stories by "ir /rthur Conan -oyle

    1&. !hich colors does Christopher dislike

    /2 *ed and blue42 3ink and purple

    C2 Bellow and brown

    -2 5reen and black

    1(. !hat concept does the 6onty Hall problem demonstrate

    /2 $ntuition can be wrong

    42 /n infinite number of prime numbers eist

    C2 5oats are more valuable than cars-2 !ellington7s murderer was male

    1). To what does Christopher compare his memory

    /2 Trash compactor

    42 "pace shuttle

    C2 -8- 3layer

    -2 *ed car

    1. !here does ather take Christopher to apologi0e for their fight/2 !illesden @unction

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    42 "hakespeare7s 5lobe

    C2 5rimpen 6ire

    -2 Twycross oo

    1;. !ho is Toby/2 Christopher7s best friend at school

    42 Christopher7s pet rat

    C2 Christopher7s "wiss /rmy knife

    -2 Christopher7s uncle

    1. How does Christopher define love

    /2 Helping someone when they get into trouble and always telling that

    person the truth

    42 5etting the third=degree

    C2 /s a picture on the screen in our heads-2 -oing se with someone

    #?. !here does Christopher spend the night after ather confesses to

    killing !ellington

    /2 /t 6rs. /leander7s house

    42 $n ather7s closet

    C2 4ehind the garden shed

    -2 $n the kitchen airing cupboard#1. !hich of the following is not a logic pu00le, concept, or rule,

    mentioned in the novel

    /2 The 6onty Hall 3roblem

    42 Accam7s ra0or

    C2 Conway7s "oldiers

    -2 Train to Dondon

    ##. rom sight, Christopher would be able to recogni0e which of thefollowing facial epressions

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    /2 Eervous

    42 "urprised

    C2 @ealous

    -2 "ad#&. /t the end of the novel, what does ather give to Christopher

    /2 / hug

    42 The keys to his van

    C2 / puppy

    -2 The book he took from Christopher

    #(. !hich of the following characters is alive at the end of the novel

    /2 !ellington42 6other

    C2 Toby

    -2 6r. 3aulson

    #). /t the end of the novel, Christopher is hopeful for the future for all

    but which of the following reasons

    /2 4ecause he went to Dondon on his own

    42 4ecause he solved !ellington7s murderC2 4ecause he wrote a book

    -2 4ecause he has gotten into university