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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was the narrator when he claims that he could have been called a monster?
(a) 3-4.
(b) 5-6.
(c) 6-7.
(d) 2-3.

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

4. How many strokes does the narrator’s sister brush her hair every night?
(a) 100.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 25.

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

6. What is served for dinner in Chapter 6?
(a) Ham.
(b) Roast chicken.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Roast beef.

7. What kills the fish in Lettie’s ocean in Chapter 2?
(a) A sixpence coin.
(b) A penny.
(c) A half penny.
(d) A marble.

8. How old is the narrator when he goes to Madame Tussauds wax museum?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

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

11. 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) Green.
(d) Purple.

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

13. What is on the birthday cake for the narrator’s seventh birthday?
(a) A football.
(b) A wizard.
(c) A book.
(d) A spaceship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the walls in the narrator’s parents’ bedroom?

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

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

4. How long had the narrator lived in the old house that had been knocked down?

5. What does the narrator read before he goes to sleep in Chapter 5?

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