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

2. In Chapter 9, where does the narrator take a bath?
(a) In a spare bedroom.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) In the kitchen.

3. In Chapter 8, what does the narrator touch just as Ursula is about to descend upon him?
(a) A kitten.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Pussy-willows.
(d) A puppy.

4. Why do the cleaners refuse to leave?
(a) They are still hungry.
(b) They like earth.
(c) There is still a bit of Ursula in the narrator.
(d) Lettie doesn’t have enough power to make them go back.

5. Where does Ursula threaten to put the narrator when she catches up with him in Chapter 8?
(a) In the shed.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the basement.
(d) Under the porch.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the beginning of his ordeal in the fairy ring, what does the narrator do to distract himself from seeing someone talking to him outside the circle?

4. What type of footwear does the narrator wear in Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does the narrator see as he settles into the fairy ring?

2. What does Lettie bring when she finally arrives in Chapter 13?

3. What does Ursula do in Chapter 11 when she finds the way back through the wormhole blocked?

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

5. What do the cleaners look like?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when the narrator runs to the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

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