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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator’s laboratory in actuality?
(a) A space under the front porch.
(b) A back room at the library.
(c) A green-painted shed.
(d) A corner of the basement.

2. How long had the narrator lived in the old house that had been knocked down?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 4 years.

3. In Chapter 7, what flowers can the narrator see as he watches his father and Ursula walk around the gardens?
(a) Daffodils and narcissi.
(b) Roses and hollyhocks.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Tulips.

4. In Chapter 2, what color blanket is described in the back seat of the narrator’s father’s car?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

5. What type of vehicle does the narrator’s father get in Chapter 3?
(a) Mini.
(b) Range Rover.
(c) Austin.
(d) Nova.

6. What color suit does the narrator wear in the Prologue?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Beige.
(d) Navy.

7. In Chapter 6, where does the narrator’s mother get a job?
(a) Dicksons Opticians.
(b) Jensen Optometrists.
(c) Eagle Vision.
(d) Third Avenue Eye Care.

8. Where does the narrator feel pain when he catches the writhing mass of cobwebs and rotting cloth in Chapter 4?
(a) His leg.
(b) His arm.
(c) His face.
(d) His foot.

9. What is Lettie’s ocean implied to actually be?
(a) A watering trough.
(b) A bathtub.
(c) A river.
(d) A duck pond.

10. On what day of the week does the narrator receive a letter saying he won the Premium Bonds?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Thursday.

11. In Chapter 2, how many weeks of vacation from school does the narrator get?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

12. What color is Lettie looking for in Chapter 4?
(a) Pink.
(b) Greenish-yellow.
(c) Purply-blue.
(d) Yellow.

13. Where does Ellen Henderson live?
(a) Paris.
(b) A camper van.
(c) London.
(d) A house boat.

14. What color is the bridge that Lettie and the narrator cross after the binding in Chapter 4?
(a) Blue and brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Red and yellow.
(d) Gray.

15. In Chapter 6, how many days a week does the narrator’s mother say she will work at her new job?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the story that the narrator reads after his father and Ursula come in from the gardens in Chapter 7?

2. To what tune does Lettie begin to bind the creature that she and the narrator encounter in Chapter 4?

3. What color are the walls in the narrator’s parents’ bedroom?

4. Around what time of day does the man commit suicide in the narrator’s father’s car?

5. What color shirt is the narrator’s father wearing in Chapter 7?

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