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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 7, what colors is Ursula wearing?
2. What type of vehicle does the narrator’s father get in Chapter 3?
3. What animal is seen by the narrator and Lettie as they feel the storm in Chapter 4?
4. Who is described as the previous housekeeper at the narrator's family's home in Chapter 6?
5. Where does the narrator meet Lettie in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator describe the lane that he drives in the Prologue?
2. How does the narrator get rid of the worm after removing it from his foot?
3. What does the narrator find when he examines his foot in Chapter 5?
4. What does Mr. Wollery find in the garden in Chapter 3?
5. Describe the narrator's dream in Chapter 3. What does the narrator discover when he wakes?
6. Where does the narrator go while the police deal with the narrator’s father’s car and its contents in Chapter 2?
7. How does the narrator describe Ursula when she first arrives?
8. How does the narrator describe his seventh birthday party in Chapter 1?
9. How does the narrator describe the clearing that he and Lettie enter in their search for the creature in Chapter 4?
10. Why does the narrator have to share a room with his sister in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the Hempstock women in The Ocean at the End of the Lane. What do the Hempstock women do that shows they are not ordinary people? How old do the Hempstock women seem to be? What supernatural abilities do the women demonstrate?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the hunger birds in the novel. What do they look like? What is another name for these creatures? What is their purpose? What do the creatures do to Ursula?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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