Characterization
The teacher at the special school Christopher attends
Who is Siobhan?
Type of figurative language: "Our eyes are like little windows"
What is a simile?
The name of the crime committed when Christopher accused others of killing Wellington without proof
What is slander?
Christopher's favorite subject in school
What is math?
The name of the pet rat Christopher has
What is Toby?
Gets Christopher out of the police station
Who is Christopher's dad?
Type of figurative language: "better to let sleeping dogs lie"
What is an idiom?
The name of the crime committed when Christopher broke the window of his home to gain entry
What is breaking and entering?
Christopher feels safe in these
What are small spaces?
Animal involved in the first mystery Christopher is trying to solve
What is a dog (Wellington)?
The neighbor Christopher tells about his mom and dad
Who is Mrs. Alexander?
Type of figurative language: "He was the apple of her eye"
What is a metaphor?
The name of the crime committed when Christopher hit his dad
What is assult or domestice violence?
What is an astronaut?
Type of animal Randyman was at the zoo
What is a spider monkey?
The character that encouraged Mom to leave the marriage and Christopher
Who is Mr. Roger Shears?
Literary device: "I could hear the a tiny whining noise...I sniffed the air...It smelled of nothing"
What is descriptive language/imagery?
Name of the crime committed when Christopher goes into the neighbor's yard without permission
What is trespassing?
A place Christopher would love to go because it is not as far aways as space but still isolated and quiet
What is the depth of the ocean?
Type of animal that Miracle and Star were at the zoo
What are sea lions?
The character who called the police after seeing CHristopher with Wellington
Who is Mrs. Shears?
Figurative language device: The fairies looked...like Daleks from Doctor Who or Imperial Stormtroopers from the Death Star in Star Wars..."
What are allusions?
Name of the crime committed when Christopher takes the credit card from his dad's wallet to use
What is theft or stealing?
Where Christopher goes when he is overwlelmed at school to hide
What is the library?
Type of animal that Maliku was at the zoo (one of Christopher's favorites)
What is an orangutan?