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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 does the narrator have for dessert at the Hempstocks' in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 8, what color does the meadow explode into?

3. How old is the narrator’s sister in Chapter 8?

4. What constellation do the hunger birds devour from the sky in Chapter 14?

5. Whom does the narrator think of when he is loaned a nightgown from the Hempstocks in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lettie bring when she finally arrives in Chapter 13?

2. What does Ursula threaten to do to the narrator when she catches him in Chapter 8?

3. What does Lettie collect in an old shopping bag to take to the narrator’s house in Chapter 10?

4. What does Ursula do in Chapter 11 when she finds the way back through the wormhole blocked?

5. What happens when the narrator runs to the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

6. Why does Lettie praise the narrator in Chapter 13?

7. Where do Lettie, Ginnie, and the narrator go in Chapter 14?

8. What do the Hempstocks serve the narrator for dinner in Chapter 9?

9. What does the narrator have for breakfast at the Hempstock home in Chapter 10?

10. How does the narrator get out of his locked bedroom in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Describe and discuss the Hempstock women in The Ocean at the End of the Lane. What do the Hempstock women do that shows they are not ordinary people? How old do the Hempstock women seem to be? What supernatural abilities do the women demonstrate?

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