Reading Matters: The curious incident of the dog at nighttime

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Reading Matters

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

To Do

• Warming up: Test your awareness
• Read: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Answer questions about the story
• Write about the story using the five Ws&H

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Author: Mark Haddon

Genre: crime ficton => verhaal over criminele daden. De nadruk ligt op het speurwerk. 

Blurb: The novel is about Christopher, who is autistic. One night, he discovers the body of his neighbour's dog, which has been killed with a garden fork. Christopher decides to be a detective and solve the crime. 

Father has told Christopher not to investigate who killed Wellington. Why does he do it anyway?

What does Siobhan do to make Christopher understand what she says?

Christopher always understands what he is doing wrong.

1. True
2. False
3. Does not say

Christopher goes to Mrs Shears' house to ask if she has killed the dog.

1. True
2. False
3. Does not say

Siobhan is Christopher's friend.

1. True
2. False
3. Does not say

Christopher knows the garden fork is Mrs Shears' because of the colour of the handle.

1. True
2. False
3. Does not say

Mrs Shears thinks Christopher has killed the dog.

1. True
2. False
3. Does not say

Christopher knows the tools in the shed are meant to distract him so he will draw the wrong conclusion.

1. True
2. False
3. Does not say