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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 Lettie look like in the ocean?

2. What does the shadow in the night say when the narrator refuses to believe it is Lettie?

3. What does the narrator drink while taking a bath in Chapter 9?

4. What color pajamas is the narrator wearing in Chapter 8?

5. What color is the roof of the narrator’s house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Ursula unable to go through the wormhole in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 12, the cleaners say that the narrator will never be happy in the world.

a. Why did they say he would never be happy?

b. From reading the Prologue and Epilogue, was the narrator’s life as the cleaners described it in Chapter 12?

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

Describe and discuss the hunger birds in the novel. What do they look like? What is another name for these creatures? What is their purpose? What do the creatures do to Ursula?

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