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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ursula try to break the jam jar containing the wormhole?
(a) Under the oak tree.
(b) Under the beech tree.
(c) At the side of the house.
(d) On the sidewalk.

2. What color shirt is the narrator’s father wearing in Chapter 7?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

3. What is the narrator’s mother wearing when she answers the door in Chapter 15?
(a) Work clothes.
(b) A pink dressing gown.
(c) A blue dressing gown.
(d) Jeans and a T-shirt.

4. What color skirt is Lettie wearing when the narrator first meets her?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

5. After the narrator wakes in Chapter 10, who helps him find his way downstairs?
(a) The kitten.
(b) Old Mrs. Hempstock.
(c) Ginnie.
(d) Lettie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is seen by the narrator and Lettie as they feel the storm in Chapter 4?

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

3. What did the flea that came through in Cromwell’s day do to people?

4. How is the weather described in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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