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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 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.

2. Where has Lettie been scratched when she returns in Chapter 10?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her left arm.
(c) Her cheek.
(d) Her right arm.

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

4. What type of vehicle drives past as the narrator runs toward the Hempstock Farm in Chapter 8?
(a) A white van.
(b) A black mini.
(c) A red Rover.
(d) A yellow lorry.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Lettie say that makes the narrator forget his hunger and fear?
(a) That the cleaners were gone forever.
(b) That they could leave now.
(c) That she had come to take the hole out of his heart.
(d) That he did a good job staying in the fairy ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator have for dessert in Chapter 13?

2. In Chapter 11, how high does Ursula hold the narrator off the ground?

3. How many times does the narrator say he had seen grownups cry in Chapter 11?

4. How fragile does the narrator realize that the reality of his world is in Chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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