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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the roof of the narrator’s house?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

2. In Chapter 9, what color thread does Granny use when she is snipping and sewing?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

3. What does the narrator realize when he steps into the ocean in Chapter 13?
(a) That Lettie is gone.
(b) That he knows everything.
(c) That the hole is gone.
(d) That he can swim.

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

5. Where has Lettie been scratched when she returns in Chapter 10?
(a) Her cheek.
(b) Her left arm.
(c) Her right arm.
(d) Her knee.

6. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Lettie say that makes the narrator forget his hunger and fear?
(a) That she had come to take the hole out of his heart.
(b) That he did a good job staying in the fairy ring.
(c) That the cleaners were gone forever.
(d) That they could leave now.

7. In Chapter 14, what do the hunger birds say they have devoured?
(a) Galaxies and stars.
(b) Palaces and worlds.
(c) Countries and oceans.
(d) Kings and queens.

8. What does the narrator have for dessert in Chapter 13?
(a) Sponge cake.
(b) Spotted dick with yellow custard.
(c) Peach cobbler.
(d) Apple pie and ice cream.

9. In Chapter 13, what does the narrator eat for supper?
(a) Shepherd’s pie.
(b) Soup and sandwiches.
(c) Chicken and dumplings.
(d) Roast beef.

10. What color is the narrator’s toothbrush?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

11. At the end of Chapter 12, how many times does the narrator sing a song completely through?
(a) 2-3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 1-2.

12. Who is the second person that the narrator sees when he sits inside the circle?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His sister.

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

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

15. What color is the kitten that sleeps with the narrator in Chapter 9?
(a) Black.
(b) Marmalade.
(c) Gray.
(d) Black and silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the ground in Chapter 14, right before the hunger birds come?

2. What is the silly pet name that the narrator’s father had for him when he was a baby?

3. In Chapter 11, how high does Ursula hold the narrator off the ground?

4. After the birds are gone in Chapter 14, what does the narrator notice Old Mrs. Hempstock wearing?

5. In Chapter 10, what wakes the narrator in the night?

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