The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Quizzes

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Quiz 1

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1 What is the first piece of information we are given in the novel?

The time: 7 minutes after midnight

That Mrs Shears' dog was dead

That Christopher sees a dog on the ground

The weather: it is cloudy and grey
2 What is the name of the dog that Christopher finds dead?

Wellington

Rufus

Muzzle

Paddington
3 What type of dog was Mrs Shear's dog?

A dalmatian

A poodle

An alsatian

A king charles spaniel
4 What is Christopher's full name?

Christopher John

Christopher John Francis

Christopher John Francis Boone

Christopher Boone
5 Who draws pictures of faces for Christopher so that he can understand different emotions?

His mother

Siobhan

Mrs Shears

His father
6 How does Christopher know Siobhan?

She is a friend of his mother's

She is a teacher at his school

She is his aunt

She is his cousin
7 Why does Christopher like dogs?

Because they are playful and always like attention

Because you always know what they are thinking, because they are faithful, do not lie and cannot talk

Because dogs like to go out walking for long periods of time

Because they like being cuddled
8 What is Christopher doing when Mrs Shears finds her dead dog for the first time?

Kicking the dog

Hugging the dog

Crying next to the dog

Standing near the dog
9 What kind of novel does Christopher say this is?

A romance

A sci-fi novel

An animal novel

A murder mystery novel
10 Who interrogates Christopher after Mrs Shears discovers what's happened to her dog?

Mr Shears

His father

The police

A passer-by
11 How old is Christopher?

9

18

15

11
12 When does Christopher start 'groaning'?

When he sees an animal in distress

When he has to sit at the dinner table

When there is too much information in his head from the outside world

When he feels sad
13 What does Christopher do when the policeman touches him?

He cowers

He cries

He stands up

He hits him
14 Why is Christopher arrested?

For murder

For assault

For lying

For manslaughter
15 How does Christopher number his chapters?

With prime number

With letters

With pictures

With cardinal number
16 According to Christopher, what happens in American if you find a prime number of over 100 digits longs?

The CIA buys it for $10 000

You are arrested

The government hides you away

The CIA asks you to work for them
17 Why does Christopher always wear a watch?

Because it's fashionable

Because it was a present from his father

Because he needs to know exactly what the time is

Because it feels nice
18 Who does Christopher tell the policeman makes up his family?

His father, uncle and grandmother (his mother is dead)

His uncle

His mother, uncle and grandmother (his father is dead)

His grandmother and uncle
19 What does Christopher do instead of hugging?

Kissing

Spreads the fingers on his left hand intoa fan so that his fingers and thumb touch the other persons'

Stands back to back with the other person

Winking
20 What happens at the police station?

Christopher is sentenced

Christopher is told off

Christopher is given biscuits

Christopher is given a caution
21 Why doesn't Christopher ever tells lies?

Because he doesn't want to get into trouble

Because he is a good person

Because he thinks God will punish him if he does

Because he can't
22 What does Christopher's father tell him to do?

Keep his nose out of other people's business

To write a book

Bury Wellington

Try and find out who killed Wellington
23 How many years ago does Christopher think his mother died?

Ten

Twenty

Five

Two
24 What does 4 red cars in a row mean to Christopher?

A Super Good Day

A Quite Good Day

A Black Day

A Good Day
25 What does 4 yellow cars in a row mean to Christopher?

A Black Day

A Good Day

A Quite Good Day

A Super Good Day

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