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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, how long ago had the new house been sold?

2. Who is described as the previous housekeeper at the narrator's family's home in Chapter 6?

3. Where does the narrator meet Lettie in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Ursula threaten to do if the narrator tries to leave the property?

5. What color hair does Ursula have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Wollery? What are their positions in the narrator's household?

2. What does the narrator describe having cut out of his knee with a penknife in Chapter 5? What did he learn?

3. Where does the narrator go while the police deal with the narrator’s father’s car and its contents in Chapter 2?

4. How does the narrator describe the lane that he drives in the Prologue?

5. How does the narrator describe his seventh birthday party in Chapter 1?

6. How does the narrator describe his family's last housekeeper in Chapter 6?

7. Where did the narrator live growing up? At what point did his family move?

8. Who steals the narrator’s father’s car in Chapter 2? Why?

9. What does the narrator’s father do in Chapter 7 after the narrator refuses to eat or apologize to Ursula?

10. What are narcissi and what are they named for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, Lettie takes the narrator along when she goes to bind the creature that is causing problems. Why does Lettie take the narrator with her? What instructions does she give the narrator? Why does the narrator disobey? Is Lettie able to bind the creature?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the narrator go for a drive in the Prologue? Where is he supposed to be? Why doesn’t he go there? How does his subconscious lead him to his destination?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the hunger birds in the novel. What do they look like? What is another name for these creatures? What is their purpose? What do the creatures do to Ursula?

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