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

2. What does the shadow in the night say when the narrator refuses to believe it is Lettie?
(a) You are an idiot.
(b) You are stupid.
(c) You are hungry.
(d) You are scared.

3. Who is the third person that the narrator sees while he is in the fairy ring?
(a) Granny Hempstock.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what is Lettie’s mother doing when the narrator arrives at the house?

2. To the narrator, how long does it seem like it has been since the creatures have eaten by the way they devour Ursula, ?

3. What does the narrator have for dessert at the Hempstocks' in Chapter 9?

4. What do the Hempstocks give to the narrator’s parents after they bring his toothbrush to him?

5. What color are the things with wings that come for Ursula?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the hunger birds do when Lettie and Ginnie tell them they can’t come onto Hempstock land?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 11 that he has only seen grownups cry twice. How does he describe these events?

4. What suggestions are made for dealing with the narrator's parents before they arrive at the Hempstocks' home in Chapter 9?

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

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

7. Where does Ginnie take Lettie after she's been attacked by the hunger birds in Chapter 14?

8. What does Lettie collect in an old shopping bag to take to the narrator’s house in Chapter 10?

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

10. What does the narrator have for breakfast at the Hempstock home in Chapter 10?

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