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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the center of the fairy circle?
(a) A dead tree.
(b) A straggly bush.
(c) A rose bush.
(d) Daffodils.

2. In Chapter 9, what color thread does Granny use when she is snipping and sewing?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

3. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator see beneath the milk-churn table?
(a) White and yellow daisies.
(b) Buttercups.
(c) A bluebell.
(d) Golden dandelions.

4. What does Old Mrs. Hempstock say happened to the really old country?
(a) It sank.
(b) It blew up.
(c) It was destroyed by a hurricane.
(d) It was under a volcano.

5. In Chapter 11, how high does Ursula hold the narrator off the ground?
(a) 15 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cat the opal miner gives to the narrator?

2. How many years after the events in the novel was the narrator’s home demolished?

3. About how far is the narrator’s home from the Hempstock farm?

4. What color pajamas is the narrator wearing in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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