The Hempstocks
Who is Lettie?
An 11 year old girl who has a magical family. She is fearless and becomes the narrators first friend.
How did Ursula get to the real world?
The worm in the narrators foot that she used as a door
What is the narrator's favorite activity
Reading
What event causes the narrator to meet Lettie?
The miner's suicide in the car
What does the narrator receive on his doorstep?
A kitten similar to the Hempstock's that he names Ocean
Do men work on the Hempstocks' farm?
No
What is Ursula afraid of?
Hunger Birds
What animal does the narrator love?
Cats
What series of events cause the narrator to run away from home?
His dad tries to drown him and Ursula threatens to lock him in the attic
Why does the narrator become friends with his father once he's an adult?
He can relate to him more
What did the Hempstocks do to keep the narrator away from the trouble of his parents and being brought back home after he escaped from Ursula?
Magic Snipping and Stitching
What did Ursula do that made the hunger birds go after the narrator?
She bound part of her door inside his heart
What is the narrator afraid of?
(Just name a few)
- Ursula
- The attic
- Hunger Birds
- His dad drowning him
What does the narrator do that almost got him killed in chapter 14?
He tried to sacrifice himself to the hunger birds
What does Ginnie Hempstock do to the narrator at the end of chapter 15?
She wipes his memory of most of what had happened with Lettie
What does Lettie impress the narrator with when talking to Ursula Monkton?
Her ability to stand up to adults and not just do what they say
What is Ursula's real name?
Skarthatch of the Keep
When escaping the hunger birds the first time, what makes the narrator want to stay in the ocean forever?
- All of a sudden he understands everything
- He can breathe underwater
Where was the first time we saw Ursula Monkton?
She was a pink and white sheet in the woods
What was the narrator's mom's reason for why Ursula had to leave?
She had to deal with family matters
What do we know about the Hempstock family as a whole?
(Not one right answer)
- Magical
- Have been around for a very long time
- Know about everything in the universe
- Can go to different worlds
- Have a magical ocean on their farm
Why did Ursula come to the real world in the first place?
To give people what they wanted - money
He is sitting by the Ocean
What event really started all of the weird things in the narrators life?
(Hint - Think about something strange in the ocean)
The weird coin in the fish's stomach
What happens to Lettie?
She gets hurt trying to save the narrator from the hunger birds. Ginnie puts her in the ocean to heal her.