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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the cat that turns up at Hempstock Farm in pagan days?
(a) Big Tom.
(b) Buttons.
(c) Monster.
(d) Big Oliver.

2. When the Hempstocks came from the old country and brought the farm, what did Gran call the things that were brought with it?
(a) Flies.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Ants.
(d) Gnats.

3. How far is the narrator's bedroom window said to be from the ground in Chapter 8?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 35 feet.
(c) 25 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

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

5. From where does Lettie seem to come in Chapter 12 as the narrator waits in the fairy ring?
(a) Under the beech tree.
(b) The laboratory.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Among the rhododendrons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how far is the narrator inside the boundaries of the Hempstock Farm?

2. What color is the sky when the narrator thinks they’ve crossed the boundaries of the Hempstock farm in Chapter 4?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 12, how many times does the narrator sing a song completely through?

5. How many pieces of gray cloth settle to the earth after Lettie completes the binding in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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