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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 Chapter 7, what colors is Ursula wearing?
2. In Chapter 2, how many weeks of vacation from school does the narrator get?
3. On what day of the week does the narrator receive a letter saying he won the Premium Bonds?
4. What color is the car the narrator’s father gets in Chapter 3?
5. In Chapter 6, where does the narrator’s mother get a job?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the opal miner give the narrator a cat in Chapter 1?
2. What does the narrator’s father do when he comes home from work in Chapter 7?
3. From whom does the narrator receive a letter in Chapter 3? What is revealed in the letter?
4. Where does the narrator like to read on nice spring days?
5. Where does the narrator go while the police deal with the narrator’s father’s car and its contents in Chapter 2?
6. Why does the narrator say that his father has never hit him?
7. Who steals the narrator’s father’s car in Chapter 2? Why?
8. Why does the narrator let go of Lettie’s hand in Chapter 4?
9. What does the narrator’s father do in Chapter 7 after the narrator refuses to eat or apologize to Ursula?
10. What new job has the narrator's mother taken in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 6, the narrator finds himself reading to try to quell his fears. How would you describe the narrator’s reading habits? Why does he enjoy reading so much? What does reading take the place of in his life?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the Hempstock women in The Ocean at the End of the Lane. What do the Hempstock women do that shows they are not ordinary people? How old do the Hempstock women seem to be? What supernatural abilities do the women demonstrate?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 10, Lettie gathers a mishmash of objects before she confronts Ursula. What are some of the things that Lettie gathers? How much trouble did she have to go to to collect those things? How does Lettie use the items? Do the items work as intended?
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