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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how many days a week does the narrator’s mother say she will work at her new job?

2. What color is Lettie looking for in Chapter 4?

3. What color shirt is the narrator’s father wearing in Chapter 7?

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

5. What color suit does the narrator wear in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator’s sister do every night before bed?

2. How does the narrator describe the lane that he drives in the Prologue?

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

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

5. How does the narrator describe the clearing that he and Lettie enter in their search for the creature in Chapter 4?

6. Why does the narrator let go of Lettie’s hand in Chapter 4?

7. What new job has the narrator's mother taken in Chapter 6?

8. Describe the narrator's dream in Chapter 3. What does the narrator discover when he wakes?

9. What does the narrator’s father do in Chapter 7 after the narrator refuses to eat or apologize to Ursula?

10. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Wollery? What are their positions in the narrator's household?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 2, the narrator has to share a room with his sister. What happens in the family that makes it necessary for the narrator to give up his bedroom? Why does he have mixed feelings about the move?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Ursula's attempt to enter the wormhole in Chapter 11. What happens when the jar is opened and the wormhole turned out upon the ground? What does the wormhole look like when it is on the ground? Does it look big enough for Ursula to go through? Why doesn’t she use it to return?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the narrator go for a drive in the Prologue? Where is he supposed to be? Why doesn’t he go there? How does his subconscious lead him to his destination?

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