Discussion and reflection questions (1)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2-13)

Discussion and reflection questions

Provide evidence from the novel for your ideas.

Chapter 2
● What, if anything, do you find unusual about Christopher’s story of finding
the dog? Why?

Chapter 3
● What other significant traits do you see in Christopher’s character?
● What do these emoji mean to you?
● Why do you think Christopher doesn’t understand them?

Chapter 5
● Why does Christopher like dogs? How do you think he feels about people?
● What surprises you about his reaction to Mrs Shears?

Chapter 7
● Why does Christopher like murder mystery novels?
● Why did Siobhan ask Christopher not to express his opinion of Steve to his
mother?

Chapter 11
● What do Christopher’s responses to the police officer’s questions show about
the way he interacts with other people?
● Why does he hit the police officer?

Chapter 13
● Why doesn’t Christopher like jokes?
● The example he gives is a pun – what does that mean?
REFLECTION (1)
Underneath this box, write a brief reflection on the first few pages.
What is your impression of Christopher?
What behaviour do you find unusual?
What behavour can you identify with?
What makes you want to read on?
What do you notice about the structure of the
chapters?
How do they alternate?