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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pieces of gray cloth settle to the earth after Lettie completes the binding in Chapter 4?
(a) 700.
(b) A couple hundred.
(c) 500.
(d) A thousand.

2. On what day of the week does the narrator receive a letter saying he won the Premium Bonds?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. How did the narrator get the pink scar that is on the heel of his foot?
(a) He stepped on broken glass.
(b) He stepped on a nail.
(c) He stepped on a sharp branch.
(d) He stepped on barbed wire.

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

5. In Chapter 6, how many days a week does the narrator’s mother say she will work at her new job?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

6. What type of dog does the secretary who works for the narrator’s father have?
(a) A chihuahua.
(b) A dachshund.
(c) A beagle.
(d) A poodle.

7. Where does the narrator go the morning after his confrontation with Ursula in Chapter 7?
(a) To his laboratory.
(b) To the front porch.
(c) To the beech tree.
(d) To the garden.

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

9. In Chapter 5, how long does the narrator let the water run to get it steaming?
(a) 6 minutes.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 3-4 minutes.
(d) 4-5 minutes.

10. 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) Gnats.
(c) Ants.
(d) Fleas.

11. Where had Callie Anders lived?
(a) Green Valley Farm.
(b) Comstock Farm.
(c) Dells Farm.
(d) Caraway Farm.

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

13. What color are the walls in the narrator’s parents’ bedroom?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Cream.
(d) Pink.

14. In Chapter 6, where does the narrator go to read a book after his mother tells him about the new housekeeper?
(a) Under the maple tree.
(b) On the back porch.
(c) On the front porch.
(d) By the beech tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Mrs. Hempstock say happened to the really old country?

2. In Chapter 2, what color is the washbasin in the narrator’s room?

3. Where does the narrator feel pain when he catches the writhing mass of cobwebs and rotting cloth in Chapter 4?

4. In the Prologue, how long has it been since the narrator’s marriage failed?

5. In Chapter 4, what is the third color Lettie wants to find?

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