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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 happens to a lock of September's hair?
2. What jolts September awake?
3. With what does the woman cut exactly in half join up?
4. What does Nor explain?
5. Where are Ell and Saturday?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do September, Saturday, Ell and Gleam awaken and who joins them?
2. Who does September meet when her raft collides with a thick net of water plants and where do they go?
3. Where do September and her friends arrive after Calpurnia and Penny have left the group?
4. How does September defeat Saturday in a duel?
5. What does September dream as she falls asleep?
6. What does the Marquess reveal to September about the link between worlds and what does the Marquess want September to do?
7. What do the Panther and September wonder about the sleeping Marquess, and what starts to happen and why?
8. What is the Casket and who made it?
9. What does Dr. Fallow tell September about the foods she's been eating, and how does September react?
10. Who attacks the group and what happens to them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an important part of what makes The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze September. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of The Marquess. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Ell. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Catherynne M. Valente.
2. What in Valente's background may have helped her in writing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
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