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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of vehicle does the narrator’s father get in Chapter 3?
(a) Mini.
(b) Range Rover.
(c) Nova.
(d) Austin.

2. What is Lettie’s ocean implied to actually be?
(a) A bathtub.
(b) A watering trough.
(c) A duck pond.
(d) A river.

3. How many pieces of gray cloth settle to the earth after Lettie completes the binding in Chapter 4?
(a) A couple hundred.
(b) A thousand.
(c) 500.
(d) 700.

4. Who is described as the previous housekeeper at the narrator's family's home in Chapter 6?
(a) Mary.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Gertruda.
(d) Polly.

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

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

7. What kills the fish in Lettie’s ocean in Chapter 2?
(a) A sixpence coin.
(b) A half penny.
(c) A marble.
(d) A penny.

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

9. What does the narrator read before he goes to sleep in Chapter 5?
(a) The Boxcar Children.
(b) A Hardy Boys mystery.
(c) An Encyclopedia Brown book.
(d) A Secret Seven mystery.

10. In Chapter 7, what flowers can the narrator see as he watches his father and Ursula walk around the gardens?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Roses and hollyhocks.
(c) Daffodils and narcissi.
(d) Tulips.

11. What color hair does Ursula have?
(a) Red.
(b) Honey-blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Mousy brown.

12. What color is the worm that the narrator pulls out of his foot?
(a) Pink and gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) Orange.
(d) White and black.

13. What color is the sky when the narrator thinks they’ve crossed the boundaries of the Hempstock farm in Chapter 4?
(a) Purple.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Orange.

14. How high does the narrator count until he tries to pull the worm out of his foot?
(a) 45.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 100.

15. How does the narrator get rid of the worm he has pulled from his foot?
(a) He throws it out the window.
(b) He puts it into a garbage sack.
(c) He puts it down the tub drain.
(d) He buries it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Lettie looking for in Chapter 4?

2. What is the name of the cat that turns up at Hempstock Farm in pagan days?

3. Once the narrator becomes an adult, who tells him that he had been a monster when he was a child?

4. What color skirt is Lettie wearing when the narrator first meets her?

5. Where does Ellen Henderson live?

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