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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Mr. Wollery tended the gardens at the narrator’s house before they lived there?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 20 years.

2. What did the flea that came through in Cromwell’s day do to people?
(a) It made them lonely.
(b) It made them frightened.
(c) It made them murderous.
(d) It made them embarrassed.

3. How old is the narrator when he goes to Madame Tussauds wax museum?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

4. Where does the narrator go the morning after his confrontation with Ursula in Chapter 7?
(a) To his laboratory.
(b) To the beech tree.
(c) To the garden.
(d) To the front porch.

5. What types of trees line the side of the meadow at the Hempstock farm?
(a) Oak.
(b) Pine.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Hazel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator singing when he sees Ursula outside the circle in Chapter 12?

2. What does the narrator have for dessert at the Hempstocks' in Chapter 9?

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

4. What color shirt is the narrator’s father wearing in Chapter 7?

5. As night falls, what can the narrator see flying above him in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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