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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lettie tell the narrator to stay at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) In the ocean.
(b) In the fairy ring.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the basement.

2. What does the narrator have for dessert in Chapter 13?
(a) Peach cobbler.
(b) Spotted dick with yellow custard.
(c) Apple pie and ice cream.
(d) Sponge cake.

3. What color pajamas is the narrator wearing in Chapter 8?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

4. In Chapter 8, what color raincoat is Lettie wearing?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Striped.
(c) Flowered.
(d) Red.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of animal do the hunger birds grab in Chapter 14?

4. What flavor is the tooth powder that the narrator uses in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 9, what color thread does Granny use when she is snipping and sewing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the clothes that have been left out for him in Chapter 10?

2. Where do Lettie, Ginnie, and the narrator go in Chapter 14?

3. What comes out at dusk when the narrator is in the fairy ring?

4. How does the narrator describe his encounter with the opal miner in Chapter 12?

5. What does the narrator say he misses about childhood in Chapter 13?

6. What suggestions are made for dealing with the narrator's parents before they arrive at the Hempstocks' home in Chapter 9?

7. What does Ursula threaten to do to the narrator when she catches him in Chapter 8?

8. What is the purpose of the hole that Ursula left inside the narrator?

9. Why does Lettie say the narrator cannot stay in the ocean forever in Chapter 13?

10. The narrator says in Chapter 11 that he has only seen grownups cry twice. How does he describe these events?

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