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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does Old Mrs. Hempstock emanate when she scolds the hunger birds in Chapter 14?
(a) Silver.
(b) Ice.
(c) Gold.
(d) White.

2. In Chapter 11, how high does Ursula hold the narrator off the ground?
(a) 5 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 20 feet.
(d) 15 feet.

3. About how far is the narrator’s home from the Hempstock farm?
(a) Half a mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1 1/2 miles.
(d) A mile or so.

4. How many times does the narrator say he had seen grownups cry in Chapter 11?
(a) Twice.
(b) Once.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

5. Why do the cleaners refuse to leave?
(a) Lettie doesn’t have enough power to make them go back.
(b) There is still a bit of Ursula in the narrator.
(c) They like earth.
(d) They are still hungry.

6. In Chapter 8, what does the narrator touch just as Ursula is about to descend upon him?
(a) Pussy-willows.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A kitten.

7. What type of animal do the hunger birds grab in Chapter 14?
(a) A weasel.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A fox.

8. What color cat comes into the Hempstock kitchen in Chapter 13?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Fog-colored.
(c) Marmalade.
(d) Gray.

9. What does the moon look like as Ginnie carries Lettie in Chapter 14?
(a) A half moon.
(b) A quarter moon.
(c) A three-quarters moon.
(d) A full moon.

10. In Chapter 8, what color raincoat is Lettie wearing?
(a) Red.
(b) Flowered.
(c) Striped.
(d) Yellow.

11. In Chapter 9, where does the narrator take a bath?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) In a spare bedroom.

12. What does the narrator drink while taking a bath in Chapter 9?
(a) Soup.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) Warm milk.
(d) Tea.

13. What tune does the narrator realize he is humming as Old Mrs. Hempstock rebukes the hunger birds in Chapter 14?
(a) “All God’s Critters.”
(b) “Walking Song.”
(c) “Bicycle Built for Two.”
(d) “Girls and Boys Come Out to Play.”

14. From where does Lettie seem to come in Chapter 12 as the narrator waits in the fairy ring?
(a) Under the beech tree.
(b) The laboratory.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Among the rhododendrons.

15. Why can’t the narrator stay in the ocean forever?
(a) It would destroy him.
(b) There are creatures that would hurt him.
(c) He would drown eventually.
(d) He would die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What constellation do the hunger birds devour from the sky in Chapter 14?

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

3. Where does Ursula try to break the jam jar containing the wormhole?

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

5. In Chapter 14, what do the hunger birds say they have devoured?

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