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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. In Chapter 11, where do Lettie and the narrator catch up with Ursula?
2. What does Lettie look like in the ocean?
3. From where does Lettie seem to come in Chapter 12 as the narrator waits in the fairy ring?
4. After the birds are gone in Chapter 14, what does the narrator notice Old Mrs. Hempstock wearing?
5. What color pajamas is the narrator wearing in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator see outside the window when he wakes in the night?
2. What does the narrator do after arriving at the Hempstock home in Chapter 9?
3. What is the purpose of the hole that Ursula left inside the narrator?
4. How does the narrator describe his encounter with the opal miner in Chapter 12?
5. What does Ursula threaten to do to the narrator when she catches him in Chapter 8?
6. The narrator says in Chapter 11 that he has only seen grownups cry twice. How does he describe these events?
7. What does Ursula do in Chapter 11 when she finds the way back through the wormhole blocked?
8. What happens when the narrator runs to the hunger birds in Chapter 14?
9. Why is Ursula unable to go through the wormhole in Chapter 11?
10. What does the narrator say he misses about childhood in Chapter 13?
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
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 3
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?
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