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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. What color is the worm that the narrator pulls out of his foot?
2. Where does the narrator go the morning after his confrontation with Ursula in Chapter 7?
3. How many strokes does the narrator’s sister brush her hair every night?
4. What types of trees line the side of the meadow at the Hempstock farm?
5. What is on the birthday cake for the narrator’s seventh birthday?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator have to share a room with his sister in Chapter 2?
2. What does the narrator’s father do when he comes home from work in Chapter 7?
3. What new job has the narrator's mother taken in Chapter 6?
4. What items lead Lettie to the creature in Chapter 4?
5. How does the narrator describe his family's last housekeeper in Chapter 6?
6. How does the narrator describe the clearing that he and Lettie enter in their search for the creature in Chapter 4?
7. Why does the narrator say that his father has never hit him?
8. What does the narrator like and dislike about sharing a bedroom with his sister?
9. What does the narrator find when he examines his foot in Chapter 5?
10. How does Lettie find the way to the creature to bind it in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of memory in The Ocean at the End of the Lane. How have the narrator's memories led him to the Hempstock farm? How do the narrator's memories change in the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 6, the narrator finds himself reading to try to quell his fears. How would you describe the narrator’s reading habits? Why does he enjoy reading so much? What does reading take the place of in his life?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 12, the cleaners say that the narrator will never be happy in the world.
a. Why did they say he would never be happy?
b. From reading the Prologue and Epilogue, was the narrator’s life as the cleaners described it in Chapter 12?
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