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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. What does Ellen Henderson send the narrator on his birthday in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 2, what color blanket is described in the back seat of the narrator’s father’s car?

3. What color is the bridge that Lettie and the narrator cross after the binding in Chapter 4?

4. What type of dog does the secretary who works for the narrator’s father have?

5. What does the narrator read before he goes to sleep in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator’s sister do every night before bed?

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

3. Describe the narrator's dream in Chapter 3. What does the narrator discover when he wakes?

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

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

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

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

8. From whom does the narrator receive a letter in Chapter 3? What is revealed in the letter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the circumstances that lead to Lettie's disappearance in Chapter 14. Why did Lettie feel it was necessary to tackle the narrator? What would have happened to the narrator if Lettie hadn’t intervened? Where is Lettie taken by Ginnie?

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

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?

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