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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 type of vehicle drives past as the narrator runs toward the Hempstock Farm in Chapter 8?

2. What color is the narrator’s toothbrush?

3. What color is the kitten that sleeps with the narrator in Chapter 9?

4. Whose clothing does the narrator borrow in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 8, how far is the narrator inside the boundaries of the Hempstock Farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What suggestions are made for dealing with the narrator's parents before they arrive at the Hempstocks' home in Chapter 9?

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

4. What does the narrator say he misses about childhood in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

10. The narrator says in Chapter 11 that he has only seen grownups cry twice. How does he describe these events?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the narrator go for a drive in the Prologue? Where is he supposed to be? Why doesn’t he go there? How does his subconscious lead him to his destination?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Ursula's attempt to enter the wormhole in Chapter 11. What happens when the jar is opened and the wormhole turned out upon the ground? What does the wormhole look like when it is on the ground? Does it look big enough for Ursula to go through? Why doesn’t she use it to return?

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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