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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 kitten that sleeps with the narrator in Chapter 9?
2. What color is the ground in Chapter 14, right before the hunger birds come?
3. In Chapter 10, how does the narrator carry his pajamas and toothbrush home?
4. What type of animal do the hunger birds grab in Chapter 14?
5. Who is the second person that the narrator sees when he sits inside the circle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the hunger birds do when Lettie and Ginnie tell them they can’t come onto Hempstock land?
2. What does the narrator have for breakfast at the Hempstock home in Chapter 10?
3. Why does the narrator leave the lane and cut across the fields in Chapter 8?
4. How is the television set described in the narrator’s parents’ room?
5. Why does Lettie say the narrator cannot stay in the ocean forever in Chapter 13?
6. What does the narrator say he misses about childhood in Chapter 13?
7. How does the narrator describe his encounter with the opal miner in Chapter 12?
8. What does Lettie collect in an old shopping bag to take to the narrator’s house in Chapter 10?
9. The narrator says in Chapter 11 that he has only seen grownups cry twice. How does he describe these events?
10. What does Ursula do in Chapter 11 when she finds the way back through the wormhole blocked?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 6, the narrator finds himself reading to try to quell his fears. How would you describe the narrator’s reading habits? Why does he enjoy reading so much? What does reading take the place of in his life?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 2, the narrator has to share a room with his sister. What happens in the family that makes it necessary for the narrator to give up his bedroom? Why does he have mixed feelings about the move?
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