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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 6, where does the narrator go to read a book after his mother tells him about the new housekeeper?

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

3. Once the narrator becomes an adult, who tells him that he had been a monster when he was a child?

4. In Chapter 6, how many days a week does the narrator’s mother say she will work at her new job?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What new job has the narrator's mother taken in Chapter 6?

7. What does Mr. Wollery find in the garden in Chapter 3?

8. How does the narrator describe the clearing that he and Lettie enter in their search for the creature in Chapter 4?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator's first impressions of Ursula when he meets her. Who does the narrator think that Ursula is? Why? What does he see when he looks at her? What does she do that makes it seem as though she has inhuman powers?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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