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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 color are the walls in the narrator’s parents’ bedroom?

2. What is the name of the cat that turns up at Hempstock Farm in pagan days?

3. How many strokes does the narrator’s sister brush her hair every night?

4. How old was the narrator when he claims that he could have been called a monster?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator say that his father has never hit him?

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

4. How does the narrator describe his family's last housekeeper in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

9. Where does the narrator like to read on nice spring days?

10. How does Lettie find the way to the creature to bind it in Chapter 4?

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

Describe the narrator's nature and his interests. How are these interests illustrated through his birthday gifts? Why doesn’t the narrator have a lot of friends? Who does he consider his friends?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrator's escape from his locked bedroom in Chapter 8. What emotions go through the narrator’s mind when he realizes that Ursula has locked him in? How does the narrator escape? Does he leave because of fear or courage?

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