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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 2, what room is the narrator’s bedroom over?

2. How long had the narrator lived in the old house that had been knocked down?

3. What color is the car the narrator’s father gets in Chapter 3?

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

5. How far does the narrator pull out the worm from his foot before it resists?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator get rid of the worm after removing it from his foot?

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

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

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

5. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Wollery? What are their positions in the narrator's household?

6. Where did the narrator live growing up? At what point did his family move?

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

8. What are narcissi and what are they named for?

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

10. How does the narrator describe the lane that he drives in the Prologue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What are some examples of foreshadowing used in the narrative? How does foreshadowing advance the plot? How does it increase tension in the novel?

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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