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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator have caught in his throat?
(a) Candy.
(b) A coin.
(c) An apple.
(d) A bone.

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

3. What color is the sky when the narrator thinks they’ve crossed the boundaries of the Hempstock farm in Chapter 4?
(a) Black.
(b) Orange.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

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

5. Around what time of day does the man commit suicide in the narrator’s father’s car?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dawn.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the narrator receive a letter saying he won the Premium Bonds?

2. In Chapter 2, how many weeks of vacation from school does the narrator get?

3. What is the name of the Hempstocks' cow?

4. What had the narrator once dug out of his knee with a penknife?

5. In Chapter 2, what color blanket is described in the back seat of the narrator’s father’s car?

(see the answer key)

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