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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 moon look like as Ginnie carries Lettie in Chapter 14?

2. How fragile does the narrator realize that the reality of his world is in Chapter 13?

3. After the birds are gone in Chapter 14, what does the narrator notice Old Mrs. Hempstock wearing?

4. What does the narrator call the things that devour Ursula?

5. What color is the ground in Chapter 14, right before the hunger birds come?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the clothes that have been left out for him in Chapter 10?

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

3. How does the narrator describe his encounter with the opal miner in Chapter 12?

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

5. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator see outside the window when he wakes in the night?

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

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

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

9. How is the television set described in the narrator’s parents’ room?

10. Why does the narrator leave the lane and cut across the fields in Chapter 8?

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

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 3

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?

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