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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Morwenna travels by train where to visit Grampar during the holiday break at school?
(a) London.
(b) Cardiff.
(c) South Wales.
(d) Bristol.

2. What is the fictional setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings?
(a) Daikon.
(b) New York.
(c) Middle-earth.
(d) South Wales.

3. Where does Daniel take Morwenna to meet Sam during the school break?
(a) Bristol.
(b) South Wales.
(c) London.
(d) Cardiff.

4. What appears and dances in the flames when Morwenna builds a bonfire in the countryside in the third section of the novel?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Elves.
(d) Hawks.

5. What does Morwenna respect the most about Sam?
(a) He is a war hero.
(b) He is a warlock.
(c) He is a politician.
(d) He's an intellectual.

6. What is the name of Janine's ex-boyfriend she tells Morwenna about in the bookstore?
(a) Cardiff.
(b) Wim.
(c) Pete.
(d) Geraint.

7. How many books does Morwenna check out of the library when she first gets her card?
(a) 8.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 4.

8. What does Morwenna go to burn in a bonfire in the countryside in the third section of the novel?
(a) A textbook.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her mother's letters.
(d) Her identification.

9. What is the name of Morwenna's paternal grandfather?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Sam.
(c) Owen.
(d) Daniel.

10. Morwenna steps outside the story early in the novel to inform the reader that he or she should read the book as a memoir written by whom?
(a) A prestigious clergyman.
(b) An unreliable and disreputable person.
(c) A child.
(d) A drunkard.

11. What relative of Morwenna's "disgraced herself by marrying a Catholic"?
(a) Auntie Gertrude.
(b) Auntie Olwen.
(c) Auntie Maudie.
(d) Auntie Teg.

12. When was the author Ursula Le Guin born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1895.

13. How old is Morwenna in 1975?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

14. What book does Sam give to Morwenna on her first visit?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) The Symposium.
(d) The Odyssey.

15. Morwenna named the fairy Glorfindel after a character in what novels?
(a) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
(b) Foundation.
(c) The Lord of the Rings.
(d) The Hardy Boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. The older woman who leads the first book club meeting Morwenna attends is named what?

2. Who does Sam encourage Morwenna to read?

3. Morwenna's great-grandfather had dark skin due to what ancestry?

4. What jockish girl sees one of Morwenna's photos from her mother and asks her about it, leading Morwenna to respond that her mother is a vindictive witch?

5. In the nationwide poetry contest which Morwenna enters at her school, the best hundred poem writers will receive how much money?

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