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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the narrator’s sister in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 8, what color raincoat is Lettie wearing?

3. What tune does the narrator realize he is humming as Old Mrs. Hempstock rebukes the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

4. What does the narrator realize when he steps into the ocean in Chapter 13?

5. Whom does the narrator think of when he is loaned a nightgown from the Hempstocks in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ginnie take Lettie after she's been attacked by the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

2. Why does Lettie say the narrator cannot stay in the ocean forever in Chapter 13?

3. What does Ursula threaten to do to the narrator when she catches him in Chapter 8?

4. Why is Ursula unable to go through the wormhole in Chapter 11?

5. What does Ursula do in Chapter 11 when she finds the way back through the wormhole blocked?

6. What do the Hempstocks serve the narrator for dinner in Chapter 9?

7. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator see outside the window when he wakes in the night?

8. Why does Lettie praise the narrator in Chapter 13?

9. What comes out at dusk when the narrator is in the fairy ring?

10. What does Lettie collect in an old shopping bag to take to the narrator’s house in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 13, Lettie brings the ocean to the narrator. How does Lettie do this? Why doesn’t Lettie take the narrator to the ocean? How does the ocean bring the narrator to safety?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrator's relationship with Lettie in the novel. What are some examples in the novel that illustrate the narrator's trust of Lettie? Is Lettie worthy of the narrator's trust? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Ursula's attempt to enter the wormhole in Chapter 11. What happens when the jar is opened and the wormhole turned out upon the ground? What does the wormhole look like when it is on the ground? Does it look big enough for Ursula to go through? Why doesn’t she use it to return?

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