Chapter 127-148

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October 26, 2021

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The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime

Chapter 127

When Christopher returns from school, Father is still at work. Christopher goes into the kitchen and puts his things on the table, including his book. He makes a raspberry milkshake and sits down to watch a documentary on underwater life called Blue Planet. Father comes home and goes into the kitchen. He returns a few minutes later holding Christopher’s book. He speaks quietly and Christopher doesn’t realize for a moment that he is angry. Father asks him if the conversation that he had with Mrs. Alexander is true. Christopher replies that it is and his father grabs him hard, like he never has before. Frightened, Christopher starts to hit his father. 

Chapter 127

 After that his memory goes blank. When he comes to he has blood on his hand and the side of his head hurts. Father’s shirt is torn, he has a big scratch on his neck, and he still holds Christopher’s book. After a minute, Father goes into the kitchen, and then out into the garden, where Christopher can hear him drop the book into the trashcan. When Father comes back into the kitchen, he locks the back door and hides the key to it in a china pot.

Chapter 131

Christopher describes some of the reasons why he hates the colors yellow and brown. Mr. Forbes thinks that hating colors is silly, but Siobhan points out that everyone has favorite colors. Christopher compares his hatred for certain colors to all the not important choices people make in life. If we didn’t make choices, he reasons, nothing would ever happen.

Chapter 137

The next day, Father apologizes for hitting him and decides that he will take Christopher to Twycross Zoo to make up for it. At the zoo, Father tells Christopher how much he loves him, and says he was only angry because he doesn’t want Christopher to get into trouble by sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong. Christopher remembers all the things Father has done for him, like picking him up from the police station, and cooking his meals. To Christopher, love is helping someone when they get into trouble, and telling them the truth. They press their hands together instead of hugging.

Chapter 137

Christopher describes photographs taken in 1917 that appear to show live fairies. The incident was called “The Case of the Cottingley Fairies,” and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, uses the photographs as proof of the existence of fairies. In actuality, the fairies shown were just cut outs, which the photographers admitted in 1981. Christopher explains Occam’s razor, a law that says “no more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.” To Christopher, this means that murderers tend to know their victims, fairies don’t exist, and you can’t talk to the dead.

How does Christopher say he uses his memory?

1. He scans it to see if he knows people and to navigate through his neighborhood.
2. He uses it to solve complicated math problems and to remember the names of animals he meets.
3. He scans it to see if he knows people and to get through difficult situations.
4. He uses it to write his book and to remember the names of animals he meets.

What happens when Christopher's father discovers Christopher's book?

1. They get into a shouting match, and Christopher blacks out.
2. They get into a fight, and Christopher blacks out.
3. They get into a shouting match, and Christopher threatens his father with his knife.
4. They get into a fight, and Christopher threatens his father with his knife.

What happens to Christopher's book?

1. His father hides it in the china jug.
2. His father buries it in the garden.
3. His father locks it in his car.
4. His father puts it in the trash.

In Christopher's opinion, how do people demonstrate love?

1. They encourage each other to achieve their goals.
2. They give each other advice about their problems.
3. They talk about likes and dislikes.
4. They help each other and tell each other the truth.

How do Christopher and his father show that they've forgiven each other?

1. They spread their fingers and make them touch.
2. They hug.
3. They share an ice cream cone.
4. They laugh at the animals.

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