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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. Who is described as the previous housekeeper at the narrator's family's home in Chapter 6?

2. How does the narrator get rid of the worm he has pulled from his foot?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Ursula make for dinner?

4. How many pieces of gray cloth settle to the earth after Lettie completes the binding in Chapter 4?

5. What is served for dinner in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What items lead Lettie to the creature in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Lettie find the way to the creature to bind it 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. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Wollery? What are their positions in the narrator's household?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator's experiences in the fairy ring in Chapter 12. Why does Lettie make him wait inside the ring? What attempts are made to lure him outside of the ring? Why does he ignore these attempts?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 13, Lettie brings the ocean to the narrator. How does Lettie do this? Why doesn’t Lettie take the narrator to the ocean? How does the ocean bring the narrator to safety?

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