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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far does the narrator pull out the worm from his foot before it resists?
(a) ¼ of an inch.
(b) About an inch.
(c) About 2 inches.
(d) ½ an inch.

2. What presents does the narrator receive for his seventh birthday?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Batman figure and Narnia books.
(c) Football.
(d) Superman figure and Wizard of Oz books.

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

4. In the bottle of coins the gardener finds in the garden, what is the latest date on the coins?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1941.

5. What does the narrator put on his foot after removing the worm?
(a) Sticking plaster.
(b) Anti-bacterial cream.
(c) A Bandaid.
(d) An elastic bandage.

6. What color hair does Ursula have?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Honey-blonde.
(d) Mousy brown.

7. In Chapter 2, what color is the washbasin in the narrator’s room?
(a) Beige.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

8. In Chapter 4, what is the third color Lettie wants to find?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

9. How old was the narrator when he lived in the old house that had been knocked down?
(a) 1-6.
(b) 5-12.
(c) 8-16.
(d) 4-9.

10. Once the narrator becomes an adult, who tells him that he had been a monster when he was a child?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) His dad.
(c) His mom.
(d) His aunts.

11. How long had Mr. Wollery tended the gardens at the narrator’s house before they lived there?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 40 years.

12. In Chapter 7, what is the weather like when the narrator awakens?
(a) Stormy.
(b) Cold and cloudy.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Sunny and warm.

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

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

15. What had the narrator once dug out of his knee with a penknife?
(a) Glass.
(b) A wart.
(c) A splinter.
(d) A toothpick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what flowers can the narrator see as he watches his father and Ursula walk around the gardens?

2. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator have caught in his throat?

3. How does the narrator stop the light from hitting the hole in his foot in Chapter 5?

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

5. In Chapter 2, what room is the narrator’s bedroom over?

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