Chapter 79-102

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October 12, 2021

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The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime

Chapter 79

When Christopher gets home, Father has made supper and sits at the table in the kitchen. Father has arranged Christopher’s food on his plate so that no food item touches another. Father asks Christopher where he has been. Christopher responds with a white lie—that he has been out—because it is only a partial retelling of the truth, and not made up. Father notes that Mrs. Shears has already called to report that he had been poking around her garden. Christopher explains that he thinks Mr. Shears killed Wellington. At the mention of Mr. Shears, Father bangs the table in anger. He forbids Christopher from ever mentioning Mr. Shears’s name again.

Chapter 83

Christopher wants to be an astronaut. He explains the many ways the job fits him: he is intelligent, he understands how machines work, and he doesn’t mind small spaces, so long as he doesn’t share them with anyone. Besides, no yellow or brown things exist on spaceships, and the stars would surround him. It would be a dream come true.

Chapter 83

At school the next day, Christopher shows Siobhan his “finished” book. Now that he has promised Father not to continue the case he won’t be able to write it anymore. Siobhan says it does not matter, that he has written a good book and should be proud to have written it. But to Christopher the book needs an ending. He has not found the murderer and the idea that the person who killed Wellington could be living somewhere nearby, waiting for him when he goes for a walk at night, bothers him. After all, murderers tend to know their victims.

Chapter 83

Christopher tells Siobhan that Father told him never to mention Mr. Shears’s name in the house again. Siobhan points out that Mrs. Shears is a friend of Christopher and Father, so perhaps Father doesn’t like Mr. Shears because he left Mrs. Shears, which would mean doing something bad to a friend. Christopher points out that Father said Mrs. Shears isn’t a friend anymore either.

Chapter 83

The next day Christopher sees four yellow cars in a row on his way to school, making it a Black Day. He doesn’t eat anything at lunch and reads by himself in a corner during class. The next day he sees four yellow cars again. On the third day he keeps his eyes closed on the ride to school to avoid another Black Day.

Chapter 97

Five days later, Christopher sees five red cars in a row on his way to school, making the day a Super Good Day. He feels that something special will happen. When he gets home, he goes to the shop at the end of the road to buy candy and runs into Mrs. Alexander from house number thirty-nine. Mrs. Alexander asks where he went the other day. When she brought out the biscuits for him, he was gone. Christopher confesses he was afraid she would call the police because he was poking his nose into other people’s business.

Chapter 97

Christopher exits the shop and pets Mrs. Alexander’s dog, which is tied up. He realizes Father didn’t ban him from talking about Mr. Shears outside of the house, so he asks Mrs. Alexander about Mr. Shears. She says that Christopher knows why Father doesn’t like Mr. Shears much. When Christopher asks if Mr. Shears killed Mother, Mrs. Alexander expresses shock to learn that Mother is dead and assures Christopher that Mr. Shears didn’t kill Mother.

Chapter 97

Christopher asks Mrs. Alexander why she said he knew why Father didn’t like Mr. Shears. Mrs. Alexander reveals that Mr. Shears and Mother had an affair. She explains that Father dislikes Mr. Shears as a result, and that Christopher should not mention Mr. Shears in front of Father. Mrs. Alexander makes Christopher promise not to tell Father about their conversation. Christopher goes home.

Chapter 101

Christopher tells us that Mr. Jeavons believes Christopher likes math because, in math, straightforward answers exist for every problem, unlike in life. Christopher disagrees that math problems always have straightforward answers, and uses the Monty Hall problem as proof. In 1990, a reader sent a question to Marilyn vos Savant, a columnist at Parade magazine, who had the world’s highest IQ. 

Chapter 101

The question asked what to do on a game show in which you try to win a car by picking one of three doors. Two of the doors hide goats, while one hides a car. When you pick a door, the host opens one of the two other doors to show a goat, then gives you a chance to change doors. In her answer, vos Savant said you should always change the door you have picked. After she published her answer, mathematicians and scientists wrote in claiming she was wrong, but in fact the math backs up vos Savant’s advice. Christopher thinks the problem shows that intuition can be wrong, and that sometimes numbers are complicated and not straightforward at all.

How does Christopher's father arrange Christopher's food?

1. He puts it into one big pile
2. He arranges it so no food item is touching another food item
3. He arranges the food items by color, from light to dark
4. He arranges the food items in alphabetical order

What does Christopher promise his father?

1. That he will find Wellington's killer
2. That he will stop talking about heaven
3. That he will stop playing detective
4. That he will eat the his dinner in silence

Why would Christopher make a good astronaut?

1. He likes machines, enjoys solitude, and knows about space.
2. He is intelligent, understands how machines work, and doesn't mind little spaces.
3. He is intelligent, doesn't mind little spaces, and knows how to make sandwiches.
4. He likes machines, enjoys solitude, and can calculate the distance from his house to the moon.

Why is Christopher unhappy with his book?

1. It lacks a proper ending.
2. He can't dedicate it to his father.
3. He misspelled the name "Wellington."
4. He can't think of a good title.

Why does Christopher talk to Mrs. Alexander about Mr. Shears?

1. It's a Super Good Day, meaning it"s a good day for taking risks
2. He thinks his father was being unfair when he said to stop the investigation
3. It's more important to find out who killed Wellington than to obey his father
4. He likes chatting and thinks Mr. Shears is a good topic to talk about

What does Mrs. Alexander tell Christopher?

1. That his father had an affair with Mrs. Shears
2. That his mother had an affair with Mr. Shears
3. That she, Mrs. Alexander, had an affair with Christopher's father
4. That his mother had an affair with Mr. Alexander

What does Christopher learn from the Monty Hall problem?

1. That intuition can never be wrong
2. That there is a theory for everything
3. That numbers are always straightforward
4. That intuition can be wrong

Your work

Starting from page 38

B: 10 - 11abcd - 12ab - 13

C: 15 - 16abd - 18 - 19

D: 20c - 21a

F: 37

G: 40abcd - 41 - 42 - 43

H: 44a - 46ab

I: 50abcd - 51ab

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