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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. Around what time of day does the man commit suicide in the narrator’s father’s car?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) Dawn.
(d) 2 a.m.

2. In Chapter 7, what is the weather like when the narrator awakens?
(a) Sunny and warm.
(b) Stormy.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Cold and cloudy.

3. What is the name of the Hempstocks' cow?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Bossy.
(c) Bessie.
(d) Molly.

4. Where does the narrator go the morning after his confrontation with Ursula in Chapter 7?
(a) To the beech tree.
(b) To his laboratory.
(c) To the front porch.
(d) To the garden.

5. What color dress is Lettie wearing in Chapter 3?
(a) Green.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator stop the light from hitting the hole in his foot in Chapter 5?

2. Where does the narrator feel pain when he catches the writhing mass of cobwebs and rotting cloth in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 6, where does the narrator go to read a book after his mother tells him about the new housekeeper?

4. What does the narrator read before he goes to sleep in Chapter 5?

5. How old was the narrator when he claims that he could have been called a monster?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Wollery find in the garden in Chapter 3?

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

3. Where does the narrator like to read on nice spring days?

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

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

6. From whom does the narrator receive a letter in Chapter 3? What is revealed in the letter?

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

8. Why does the opal miner give the narrator a cat in Chapter 1?

9. How does the narrator get rid of the worm after removing it from his foot?

10. What does the narrator’s father do when he comes home from work in Chapter 7?

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