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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the cleaners promised Ursula in Chapter 12?
(a) She can have the narrator as company.
(b) She can kill the narrator.
(c) She can torture the narrator.
(d) She can use the narrator to go home.

2. What type of animal do the hunger birds grab in Chapter 14?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A fox.
(c) A weasel.
(d) A wolf.

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

4. What is in the center of the fairy circle?
(a) A rose bush.
(b) A straggly bush.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) A dead tree.

5. What type of footwear does the narrator wear in Chapter 10?
(a) Shoes with silver buckles.
(b) Black leather boots.
(c) Brown oxfords.
(d) Sneakers.

6. How does the narrator get hurt when Ursula crumples to the ground?
(a) He bumps his nose.
(b) He bumps his head.
(c) He twists his ankle.
(d) He skins his knees and the palms of his hands.

7. What does the shadow in the night say when the narrator refuses to believe it is Lettie?
(a) You are hungry.
(b) You are an idiot.
(c) You are scared.
(d) You are stupid.

8. What did the flea that came through in Cromwell’s day do to people?
(a) It made them embarrassed.
(b) It made them murderous.
(c) It made them frightened.
(d) It made them lonely.

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

10. At the end of Chapter 12, how many times does the narrator sing a song completely through?
(a) 4.
(b) 2-3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1-2.

11. In Chapter 14, where does Ginnie lay Lettie down after Lettie is hurt?
(a) On the pond.
(b) In the grass.
(c) On the ground.
(d) In bed.

12. Who is the second person that the narrator sees when he sits inside the circle?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His sister.
(d) His grandmother.

13. About how far is the narrator’s home from the Hempstock farm?
(a) Half a mile.
(b) A mile or so.
(c) 1 1/2 miles.
(d) 2 miles.

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

15. In Chapter 9, what is Lettie’s mother doing when the narrator arrives at the house?
(a) Preparing food.
(b) Stirring logs in the fireplace.
(c) Knitting a scarf.
(d) Milking the cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color cat comes into the Hempstock kitchen in Chapter 13?

2. In Chapter 8, what color raincoat is Lettie wearing?

3. What takes Lettie away in Chapter 14?

4. How many of the creatures that devour Ursula land on the grass?

5. What is tangy in the dessert that the narrator eats in Chapter 13?

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