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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the Hempstocks give to the narrator’s parents after they bring his toothbrush to him?
(a) Bread.
(b) Scones.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Cookies.

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

4. Who is the third person that the narrator sees while he is in the fairy ring?
(a) His father.
(b) Granny Hempstock.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

5. To the narrator, how long does it seem like it has been since the creatures have eaten by the way they devour Ursula, ?
(a) 1,000 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 100 years.

6. What is tangy in the dessert that the narrator eats in Chapter 13?
(a) Currants.
(b) Raisins.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Cream.

7. After the birds are gone in Chapter 14, what does the narrator notice Old Mrs. Hempstock wearing?
(a) A gray nightie.
(b) A gray dressing gown over a nightie.
(c) A white nightie.
(d) A plaid dressing gown over a white nightie.

8. In Chapter 10, how does the narrator carry his pajamas and toothbrush home?
(a) In a brown paper bag.
(b) In a shopping bag.
(c) In a box.
(d) In a plastic sack.

9. What color is the kitten that sleeps with the narrator in Chapter 9?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black and silver.
(d) Marmalade.

10. What type of tree do the hunger birds devour in Chapter 14?
(a) Oak.
(b) Maple.
(c) Ash.
(d) Beech.

11. Where has Lettie been scratched when she returns in Chapter 10?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her cheek.
(c) Her right arm.
(d) Her left arm.

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

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

14. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Lettie say that makes the narrator forget his hunger and fear?
(a) That he did a good job staying in the fairy ring.
(b) That they could leave now.
(c) That the cleaners were gone forever.
(d) That she had come to take the hole out of his heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the flea that came through in Cromwell’s day do to people?

2. Where does Ursula threaten to put the narrator when she catches up with him in Chapter 8?

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

4. What color are the things with wings that come for Ursula?

5. How is the weather described in Chapter 8?

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