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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 bottle of coins the gardener finds in the garden, what is the latest date on the coins?

2. What types of flowers does Old Mrs. Hempstock bring into her house in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 7, what flowers can the narrator see as he watches his father and Ursula walk around the gardens?

4. What does Lettie give the narrator to eat in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the Hempstocks' cow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator find when he examines his foot in Chapter 5?

2. Why does the narrator have to share a room with his sister in Chapter 2?

3. How does Lettie find the way to the creature to bind it in Chapter 4?

4. What does the narrator’s father do when he comes home from work in Chapter 7?

5. Why does the narrator let go of Lettie’s hand in Chapter 4?

6. What does the narrator like and dislike about sharing a bedroom with his sister?

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

8. How does the narrator describe Ursula when she first arrives?

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

10. Why does the narrator say that his father has never hit him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the narrator's experiences in the ocean in Chapter 13. What sensations does the narrator feel when he is in the ocean? Why does he want to stay there? Why can’t he stay there?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Ursula's entrance into the narrator's world. How did she enter? What remnants does the narrator bear on his body to show how she came? What do the Hempstock women do about the passage?

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