The curious incident of the dog at midnight: [SUMMARY by chapters]

In this lesson from a TEACHER you will find a chapter summary of The curious incident of the dog at midnight, by the British writer Mark Haddon, published in 2003.

The number of the chapters of this novel does not follow a conventional order, but they are numbered following the order of prime numbers. This is due to the hobby that its protagonist, Christopher, has for mathematics and prime numbers, and it is part of the subjective and personal narration what Christopher makes of his story, telling it to us from his unique and special perspective.

We finish this summary of The curious incident of the dog at midnight with the last chapter. In it, the mother takes leave for family reasons at work to be with Christopher, although Roger is not amused. Christopher wants to go back to Swindon (his hometown) to take the math test, but his mother doesn't see it as very feasible. She is fired from work for taking leave, she is constantly arguing with Roger, and she has to keep an eye on Christopher.

Even Christopher's car counting system becomes invalid when he sees 5 red cars in a row (Super Good Day) and 4 yellow cars (Black Day) at the same time. Christopher is very angry and sad that his mother has postponed the math test. Roger also does not adjust to Christopher's presence, until one day Mother picks up her things and takes Christopher with her back to Swindon.

There they live at home while they look for a place to live and Father lives with his co-worker. As Christopher is still very upset about not being able to take the test, he does not eat or sleep, and they return to school, where Siobhan tells them that he will try to make him take it. Christopher can't think very well from lack of sleep, but he takes the test in three parts anyway. In the end, Mother gets a new job, takes pills for depression, and they manage to move into a room. Toby dies. Christopher sees his father on a few occasions, but is still afraid of him.

At first she refuses to talk to him, but finally agrees to let her father try to gain his trust little by little. To do so, he buys her a Golden Retriever puppy, whom he calls Sandy. Christopher gets an A on the exam, which makes him very happy, and he begins to prepare for the next one, which he will take next year. His plan is to go to college and become a scientist, and he is hopeful that he will make it, because he managed to go to London alone, solve the mystery of the dog incident, find his mother, and write a free

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