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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. In Chapter 10, what is the first item that Lettie sets down in the narrator’s yard?
(a) A stuffed animal.
(b) A marble.
(c) A toy giraffe.
(d) A doll.

2. In Chapter 8, what color does the meadow explode into?
(a) White.
(b) Copper.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

3. As night falls, what can the narrator see flying above him in Chapter 12?
(a) Starlings.
(b) Bats.
(c) Geese.
(d) Cleaners.

4. After the narrator wakes in Chapter 10, who helps him find his way downstairs?
(a) Lettie.
(b) Ginnie.
(c) Old Mrs. Hempstock.
(d) The kitten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To the narrator, how long does it seem like it has been since the creatures have eaten by the way they devour Ursula, ?

2. In Chapter 8, what does the narrator touch just as Ursula is about to descend upon him?

3. From where does Lettie seem to come in Chapter 12 as the narrator waits in the fairy ring?

4. What does the narrator drink while taking a bath in Chapter 9?

5. What color pajamas is the narrator wearing in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ursula unable to go through the wormhole in Chapter 11?

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

3. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator see outside the window when he wakes in the night?

4. Where does Ginnie take Lettie after she's been attacked by the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

5. How is the television set described in the narrator’s parents’ room?

6. What do the hunger birds do when Lettie and Ginnie tell them they can’t come onto Hempstock land?

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

8. What does the narrator do after arriving at the Hempstock home in Chapter 9?

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

10. What does Lettie collect in an old shopping bag to take to the narrator’s house in Chapter 10?

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