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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator put on his foot after removing the worm?
(a) Anti-bacterial cream.
(b) Sticking plaster.
(c) A Bandaid.
(d) An elastic bandage.

2. In Chapter 2, what color is the washbasin in the narrator’s room?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Beige.
(d) White.

3. Where does Ellen Henderson live?
(a) Paris.
(b) A camper van.
(c) A house boat.
(d) London.

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

5. How old was the narrator when he claims that he could have been called a monster?
(a) 6-7.
(b) 3-4.
(c) 5-6.
(d) 2-3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, how long ago had the new house been sold?

2. In Chapter 7, what is the weather like when the narrator awakens?

3. When the Hempstocks came from the old country and brought the farm, what did Gran call the things that were brought with it?

4. What type of dog does the secretary who works for the narrator’s father have?

5. On what day of the week does the narrator receive a letter saying he won the Premium Bonds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who steals the narrator’s father’s car in Chapter 2? Why?

2. How does the narrator describe Ursula when she first arrives?

3. What items lead Lettie to the creature in Chapter 4?

4. Why does the narrator say that his father has never hit him?

5. Where does the narrator go while the police deal with the narrator’s father’s car and its contents in Chapter 2?

6. How does Lettie find the way to the creature to bind it in Chapter 4?

7. What are narcissi and what are they named for?

8. What does the narrator describe having cut out of his knee with a penknife in Chapter 5? What did he learn?

9. What does the narrator find when he examines his foot in Chapter 5?

10. How does the narrator describe his family's last housekeeper in Chapter 6?

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