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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. How old is the narrator’s sister in Chapter 8?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

2. How far is the narrator's bedroom window said to be from the ground in Chapter 8?
(a) 30 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 25 feet.
(d) 35 feet.

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

4. What color is the ground in Chapter 14, right before the hunger birds come?
(a) Copper.
(b) Silver.
(c) Golden.
(d) Red.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the shadow in the night say when the narrator refuses to believe it is Lettie?

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

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

5. What does the moon look like as Ginnie carries Lettie in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator leave the lane and cut across the fields in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

6. How does the narrator get out of his locked bedroom in Chapter 8?

7. Why does Lettie praise the narrator in Chapter 13?

8. What do the cleaners look like?

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

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

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