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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. When the narrator is in the ocean, what can he see above and below him?

2. What do the Hempstocks serve the narrator for dinner in Chapter 9?

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

4. Where does Lettie tell the narrator to stay at the end of Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 8, what color raincoat is Lettie wearing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe the clothes that have been left out for him in Chapter 10?

3. Why does the narrator leave the lane and cut across the fields in Chapter 8?

4. What do the cleaners look like?

5. What do the Hempstocks serve the narrator for dinner in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

9. Why does Lettie say the narrator cannot stay in the ocean forever in Chapter 13?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Ursula refuse to leave in Chapter 11? How does Lettie respond to Ursula's refusal to depart? Why does Ursula change her mind?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrator's experiences in the fairy ring in Chapter 12. Why does Lettie make him wait inside the ring? What attempts are made to lure him outside of the ring? Why does he ignore these attempts?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator's nature and his interests. How are these interests illustrated through his birthday gifts? Why doesn’t the narrator have a lot of friends? Who does he consider his friends?

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