WorksheetsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is the author ?
Mark Hamill
Christopher Boone
Mark Haddon
J.K. Rowling
Which genre does it belong to ?
Fantasy
Science-Fiction
Autobiography
Mystery Novel
How did the author start his literary career?
writing children's books
illustrating children's books
writing love stories
writing plays
The Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is his first novel
True
False
The Success of the Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time allowed him to:
be a millionaire
stop writing for a living
to transition to writing for children's TV
to build a hospital
What is Christopher's full name ?
Christopher Blake John Boone
Christopher Ernest Algernon Boone
Christopher Billy Bob Boone
Christopher John Francis Boone
What does Christopher discover at the beginning of the novel?
His dead neighbour
Mrs Shear's dead poodle
Siobhan's dead dog
A dead cat
What was the murder weapon?
a gun
poison
a baseball bat
a garden fork
Tick the four major themes of the novel
friendship
truth
lies
autism and normalcy
family and forgiveness
The book makes references to Conan Doyle's
The Lost World
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Study in Scarlet
A Sign of the Four
Which famous detective does Christopher identify with?
Tintin
Colombo
Sherlock Holmes
James Bond
The story is told through
Ed's point of view
Siobhan's point of view
an omniscient narrator's point of view
Christopher's point of view
Christopher has difficulties understanding
Maths
People's emotions
People's opinions
Life
Christopher says it is because
people's faces never change
he can't look at people's faces
people's faces move very quickly
he doesn't have any help
Pick two reasons why the reader may feel distanced
Boring story
childish way of writing
no punctuation
focusing on unusual details
What is Christopher more comfortable with?
Dogs
his family
French
rats
Because he finds them
friendly
cute
easier to understand
stupid
This sheds light on Christopher's ( 2 answers)
stupidity
loneliness
illness
inability to communicate with people
What helps him identifying emotions
words
pictures
definitions
smiley faces
By the way, what is the dog called?
milou
Middleton
Wellington
Washington
