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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. Where does Old Mrs. Hempstock threaten to bind the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

2. At the end of Chapter 12, how many times does the narrator sing a song completely through?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Lettie say that makes the narrator forget his hunger and fear?

4. In Chapter 10, what wakes the narrator in the night?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the hunger birds do when Lettie and Ginnie tell them they can’t come onto Hempstock land?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does the narrator see as he settles into the fairy ring?

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

7. What do the cleaners look like?

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

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

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

Discuss the narrator's escape from his locked bedroom in Chapter 8. What emotions go through the narrator’s mind when he realizes that Ursula has locked him in? How does the narrator escape? Does he leave because of fear or courage?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What are some examples of foreshadowing used in the narrative? How does foreshadowing advance the plot? How does it increase tension in the novel?

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