Christopher Boone
What condition does Christopher have?
Autism/autism spectrum or Asperger's syndrome
Who is Mrs Alexander?
An old lady and Christopher's neighbour.
What did Wellington's killer use to kill Wellington with?
A garden fork
What is unusual about the way in which Christopher's mother writes?
She makes a lot of spelling mistakes
Why is Christopher arrested at the beginning of the book?
He hit a policeman.
How old is Christopher?
15 years old
What is the name of Christopher's teacher (the one he talks to about his book?
Siobhan
What is strange about the chapter numbers in the book?
They are all prime numbers
What mistakes are made here?
"Your father is a much more pacient person, maybe if things had been differant."
"Now I have to go and make Rogers tea"
pacient -> patient
differant -> different
Rogers -> Roger's
How does Christopher find the train station?
By moving in a spiral until he finds it.
How does Christopher show trust or affection to his father and mother?
He holds his hand up with his fingers spread out in a fan against theirs
What pet does Christopher have and what is its name? (you must answer both)
A rat called Toby
Why does Christopher like Sherlock Holmes so much?
Because he uses logic to solve mysteries and never gives in to the temptation of supernatural explanations for odd happenings.
Why does Christopher hate metaphors?
Because he thinks of them as lies
What type of narrator is used? (narrator type and point of view)
First person narrator from Christopher's point of view
What was Christopher's dream at the start and at the end of the book?
He started with a dream of becoming an astronaut, but ended up wanting to become a scientist.
What breed and colour is Wellington?
A black poodle
Who does Christopher Boone think is the main suspect in the killing of Wellington's?
What mathematical area does the Monty Hall Problem address?
Probability
Why does Christopher decide to go to London?
Because his father lied to him about his mother and killed Wellington, Christopher does not trust him not to kill him too.
Why is it surprising that Christopher got an A in his maths A level? (what factors could have made him perform worse?)
He had not eaten and had only had very little sleep.
Name two things that Christopher likes about the police?
Uniforms, numbers, predictability (he knows what they are meant to be doing)
He passes 'A' level maths
He solves the mystery of Wellington's murder
He travels to London by himself
he write a book
What does this mean (from page 113):
Entia non sunt multiplicana praeter necessitatem
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary
Why does it work that Christopher is the narrator of this "crime fiction" story? (remember why Sherlock Holmes is NOT the narrator in Sherlock Holmes crime fiction)
Because he does not "solve" the clues about Wellington's killer - instead he gives us the clues but cannot see the answer himself.