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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lettie look like in the ocean?
(a) Like silken sheets the color of ice.
(b) Like ice and fire.
(c) Like pink fabric.
(d) Like pure light.

2. Where does Old Mrs. Hempstock threaten to bind the hunger birds in Chapter 14?
(a) A dark star.
(b) A black hole.
(c) Hell.
(d) The ocean.

3. What color is the narrator’s toothbrush?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

4. What is the narrator singing when he sees Ursula outside the circle in Chapter 12?
(a) “Ninety-nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall.”
(b) “Are you Sleeping.?”
(c) “The Nightmare Song.”
(d) “Ants Go Marching.”

5. Where does Ursula try to break the jam jar containing the wormhole?
(a) On the sidewalk.
(b) Under the beech tree.
(c) At the side of the house.
(d) Under the oak tree.

6. What is the name of the Hempstock’s cow that seems to be going lame in Chapter 9?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Rhiannon.
(c) Meghan.
(d) Brianna.

7. What does Lettie bring to the narrator in Chapter 13?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Food.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Granny.

8. How is the weather described in Chapter 8?
(a) Warm and cloudy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Clear and cold.

9. What color cat comes into the Hempstock kitchen in Chapter 13?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Fog-colored.
(c) Marmalade.
(d) Gray.

10. What takes Lettie away in Chapter 14?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Angels.
(c) A huge wave.
(d) Hunger birds.

11. What type of vehicle drives past as the narrator runs toward the Hempstock Farm in Chapter 8?
(a) A white van.
(b) A black mini.
(c) A red Rover.
(d) A yellow lorry.

12. What color boots does Ginnie Hempstock wear at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

13. In Chapter 10, what wakes the narrator in the night?
(a) Strange dreams.
(b) Noise outside.
(c) Lettie's voice.
(d) The honking of a horn.

14. In Chapter 14, what do the hunger birds say they have devoured?
(a) Galaxies and stars.
(b) Palaces and worlds.
(c) Countries and oceans.
(d) Kings and queens.

15. What does the narrator call the things that devour Ursula?
(a) Flying death.
(b) Flying dinosaurs.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Hunger birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Lettie say that makes the narrator forget his hunger and fear?

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

3. What constellation do the hunger birds devour from the sky in Chapter 14?

4. What do the Hempstocks give to the narrator’s parents after they bring his toothbrush to him?

5. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator eat for breakfast?

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