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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. Why can’t the narrator stay in the ocean forever?

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

3. Where does Ursula threaten to put the narrator when she catches up with him in Chapter 8?

4. As night falls, what can the narrator see flying above him in Chapter 12?

5. What color is the narrator’s toothbrush?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where do Lettie, Ginnie, and the narrator go in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator see outside the window when he wakes in the night?

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

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

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

8. How does the narrator describe the clothes that have been left out for him in Chapter 10?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator's relationship with Lettie in the novel. What are some examples in the novel that illustrate the narrator's trust of Lettie? Is Lettie worthy of the narrator's trust? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrator's first impressions of Ursula when he meets her. Who does the narrator think that Ursula is? Why? What does he see when he looks at her? What does she do that makes it seem as though she has inhuman powers?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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