Background
Characters
Plot 1
Plot 2
Miscellaneous
100
This disorder, characterized as a "spectrum", can affect different people in different ways, evidenced by Christopher's non-typical behavior.
What is Autism (or Autistic Spectrum Disorder)?
100
The narrator and protagonist of the novel.
Who is Christopher John Francis Boone?
100
This is the reason the chapters are so strangely numbered.
What is Christopher has an obsession with prime numbers?
100
This is the meaning of a "red herring".
What is a clue that leads you to a wrong conclusion?
100
Christopher uses this problem to illustrate how people's intuition shouldn't be trusted.
What is the Monty Hall Problem?
200
This is the reason that the publishers of the book released it with multiple covers.
What is they wanted to appeal to all ages of reader?
200
Christopher believes she died of a heart attack prior to the time when the novel begins.
Who is Judy Boone (Mother)?
200
This is how Christopher responds when a policeman takes his arm and lifts him to his feet after Wellington was killed.
What is Christopher hits him?
200
This is the way that Christopher shows his love for his father, since he does not hug people.
What is a secret handshake?
200
In order to begin repairing their relationship, Father buys this for Christopher at the end of the novel.
What is a golden retriever puppy?
300
Because of Christopher's diagnosis and his limited point of view, we face this problem (with regard to the narrator) in the book.
What is an "untrustworthy" narrator?
300
A kind lady, she lives a quiet existence filled with caring for her garden and pet dachshund, Ivor.
Who is Mrs. Alexander?
300
This is the stated reason that Christopher likes dogs so much.
What is dogs are faithful, they do not lie, and you can always tell what a dog is thinking?
300
This is the only joke that Christopher knows.
What is "An economist, a logician, and a mathematician see a cow..."?
300
This is one of Christopher's favorite dreams.
What is a dream in which a virus kills nearly everyone on earth?
400
This is the story from which the book takes its name.
What is "Silver Blaze" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
400
This is the name of Christopher's primary teacher at his school.
Who is Siobhan?
400
These objects signify that Christopher will have a "Good Day".
What are four red cars?
400
Christopher loves Sherlock Holmes, but dislikes the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for this reason.
What is he believed in the supernatural?
400
Even though it begins as a murder investigation, the mystery of Wellington's murder eventually comes to symbolize this.
What is Christopher's search for the truth about his mother and father?
500

According to Christopher, this novel is this kind of book.

What is a murder mystery novel?
500
This is Father's co-worker who often comes over to the house to hang out.
Who is Rhodri?
500
This is the machine that Christopher compares his brain to for people that don't understand him.
What is a bread slicing machine?
500
This common occurrence Christopher compares to pressing CTL+ALT+DEL on a computer keyboard?
What is closing his eyes, covering his ears, and groaning?
500
This event in the novel most strongly supports the theme of "the struggle for independence".
What is Christopher's trip alone to London?
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