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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 is the ground in Chapter 14, right before the hunger birds come?

2. What do the Hempstocks give to the narrator’s parents after they bring his toothbrush to him?

3. What color cat comes into the Hempstock kitchen in Chapter 13?

4. What is tangy in the dessert that the narrator eats in Chapter 13?

5. What color boots does Ginnie Hempstock wear at the end of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What comes out at dusk when the narrator is in the fairy ring?

4. Where does Ginnie take Lettie after she's been attacked by the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

5. What is the purpose of the hole that Ursula left inside the narrator?

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

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

8. Why does Ursula say when she is sent to talk to the narrator in Chapter 12?

9. What does the narrator do after arriving at the Hempstock home in Chapter 9?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator's relationship with Lettie in the novel. What are some examples in the novel that illustrate the narrator's trust of Lettie? Is Lettie worthy of the narrator's trust? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 10, Lettie gathers a mishmash of objects before she confronts Ursula. What are some of the things that Lettie gathers? How much trouble did she have to go to to collect those things? How does Lettie use the items? Do the items work as intended?

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