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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. Where does the narrator meet Lettie in Chapter 3?
2. What color is the bridge that Lettie and the narrator cross after the binding in Chapter 4?
3. In Chapter 4, what is the second color Lettie wants to find?
4. What is the setting of the story that the narrator reads after his father and Ursula come in from the gardens in Chapter 7?
5. How did the narrator get the pink scar that is on the heel of his foot?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator say that his father has never hit him?
2. How does the narrator describe the lane that he drives in the Prologue?
3. How does the narrator describe Ursula when she first arrives?
4. Why does the narrator let go of Lettie’s hand in Chapter 4?
5. How does Lettie find the way to the creature to bind it in Chapter 4?
6. What does Mr. Wollery find in the garden in Chapter 3?
7. Who steals the narrator’s father’s car in Chapter 2? Why?
8. How does the narrator get rid of the worm after removing it from his foot?
9. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Wollery? What are their positions in the narrator's household?
10. Where does the narrator like to read on nice spring days?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of memory in The Ocean at the End of the Lane. How have the narrator's memories led him to the Hempstock farm? How do the narrator's memories change in the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Ursula refuse to leave in Chapter 11? How does Lettie respond to Ursula's refusal to depart? Why does Ursula change her mind?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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