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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lettie give the narrator to eat in Chapter 2?
(a) Oatmeal and cream.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Porridge and jam.
(d) Biscuits.

2. In Chapter 7, from where does the narrator watch as his father shows Ursula around the gardens?
(a) From his laboratory.
(b) From under the back porch.
(c) From the beech tree.
(d) From the hedgerow.

3. To what tune does Lettie begin to bind the creature that she and the narrator encounter in Chapter 4?
(a) “If I Had a Hammer.”
(b) “All the Pretty Little Horses.”
(c) “Bushel and a Peck.”
(d) "Girls and Boys Come Out to Play."

4. In Chapter 7, where does the narrator go to pray that Ursula has tired of her little game?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) His parents’ room.
(c) His laboratory.
(d) The balcony.

5. Where does the narrator meet Lettie in Chapter 3?
(a) At her house.
(b) At the bottom of his driveway.
(c) At school.
(d) At the beginning of the lane.

6. In the Prologue, how long ago had the new house been sold?
(a) 30 years ago.
(b) 20 years ago.
(c) 25 years ago.
(d) 35 years ago.

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

8. What is the narrator’s laboratory in actuality?
(a) A space under the front porch.
(b) A corner of the basement.
(c) A back room at the library.
(d) A green-painted shed.

9. What color bathtub is in the narrator’s house?
(a) Cream.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

10. In Chapter 2, what room is the narrator’s bedroom over?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The television room.

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

12. What is the name of the Hempstocks' cow?
(a) Bossy.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Bessie.
(d) Molly.

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

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

15. How high does the narrator count until he tries to pull the worm out of his foot?
(a) 45.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was the narrator when he claims that he could have been called a monster?

3. What is served for dinner in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Ursula make for dinner?

5. How old was the narrator when he lived in the old house that had been knocked down?

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