Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following characters is an archetype of a “hag”?

A) Ellie’s mother

B) Cate

C) Ellie

D) Larkin’s mother

2. How does Ellie first try to wake her father?

A) Throwing a snake in his room

B) Stinging him with bees

C) Splashing cold water on him

D) Feeding him a brew

3. What is the primary reason why Ellie’s mother and sister treat her coldly?

A) They believe she is responsible for the accident.

B) They believe she is disobedient.

C) They believe she is strange.

D) They believe she is lying about the accident.

4. Why does Larkin leave carvings instead of talking to Ellie?

A) He is shy around strangers.

B) He is mistrusting of townspeople.

C) His mother instructs him to stay away from her.

D) Cate instructs him to stay away from her.

5. When Ellie says, “As it turned out, I had plenty more to learn, too” (Chapter 48), which literary technique is being used?

A) Allusion

B) Imagery

C) Simile

D) Foreshadowing

6. Why does Ellie take the blame for the accident, despite it not being her fault?

A) To protect her sister

B) To protect her mother

C) To protect her brother

D) To protect her father

7. Which adjective best describes Samuel?

A) Bold

B) Anxious

C) Fearless

D) Foolish

8. What does the fire inside Ellie symbolize?

A) Her anger

B) Her fear

C) Her creativity

D) Her persistence

9. What is different about Esther in the novel’s exposition compared to its conclusion?