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

2. What color does Old Mrs. Hempstock emanate when she scolds the hunger birds in Chapter 14?
(a) White.
(b) Ice.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

3. From where does Lettie seem to come in Chapter 12 as the narrator waits in the fairy ring?
(a) The laboratory.
(b) Among the rhododendrons.
(c) Under the beech tree.
(d) The ocean.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how far is the narrator inside the boundaries of the Hempstock Farm?

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

3. What color boots does Ginnie Hempstock wear at the end of Chapter 13?

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

5. What does Lettie do when Ursula refuses to put the narrator down in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator have for breakfast at the Hempstock home in Chapter 10?

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