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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. Who is the first person that the narrator sees when he is standing in the circle in Chapter 12?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) Ursula.
(d) The opal miner.

2. In Chapter 11, where do Lettie and the narrator catch up with Ursula?
(a) At the narrator's laboratory.
(b) Under the beech tree.
(c) By the daffodils.
(d) By the rose bushes.

3. To the narrator, how long does it seem like it has been since the creatures have eaten by the way they devour Ursula, ?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1,000 years.

4. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator eat for breakfast?
(a) Eggs and bacon.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Porridge.
(d) Scones and jam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the flea that came through in Cromwell’s day do to people?

2. Where has Lettie been scratched when she returns in Chapter 10?

3. Where does Lettie tell the narrator to stay at the end of Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 8, what does the narrator touch just as Ursula is about to descend upon him?

5. In Chapter 9, where does the narrator take a bath?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Hempstocks serve the narrator for dinner in Chapter 9?

2. Why does Ursula say when she is sent to talk to the narrator in Chapter 12?

3. What comes out at dusk when the narrator is in the fairy ring?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does the narrator see as he settles into the fairy ring?

5. What happens when the narrator runs to the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

6. What does Ursula do in Chapter 11 when she finds the way back through the wormhole blocked?

7. What does Ursula threaten to do to the narrator when she catches him in Chapter 8?

8. Why does Lettie say the narrator cannot stay in the ocean forever in Chapter 13?

9. How does the narrator describe his encounter with the opal miner in Chapter 12?

10. Why is Ursula unable to go through the wormhole in Chapter 11?

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