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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Morwenna see in the procession of the dead during the ritual she performs alongside Glorfindel?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Aunt Flossie.
(c) Mor.
(d) Miss Carroll.

2. 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?
(a) Lorraine.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Gill.
(d) Harriet.

3. What is Morwenna's last name?
(a) Phelps.
(b) Meyers.
(c) Berry.
(d) Jackson.

4. Who does Morwenna tell in an awkward conversation that she is not interested in her physically after joining the book club?
(a) Janine.
(b) Gill.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Deirdre.

5. Morwenna's great-grandfather was what?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A banker.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A miner.

6. When a science-minded female friend visits Morwenna and puts her arm around her in a manner Morwenna interprets as sexual, she struggles to find a way to express what?
(a) That she loves her.
(b) That she is dying.
(c) That she likes boys.
(d) That she is married.

7. Glorfindel appears in human form to be about how old?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 16.

8. What relative of Morwenna's does she say was disgraced for being a lesbian?
(a) Auntie Teg.
(b) Auntie Olwen.
(c) Auntie Maudie.
(d) Auntie Gertrude.

9. What is the name of Morwenna's father?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Greg.

10. In the nationwide poetry contest which Morwenna enters at her school, the best hundred poem writers will receive how much money?
(a) 50 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 30 pounds.
(d) 20 pounds.

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

12. What is the name of the Irish girl that Morwenna befriends at school?
(a) Gill.
(b) Deirdre.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Liz.

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

14. What health problem led to Grampar's hospitalization?
(a) Epileptic seizure.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Broken hip.
(d) Stroke.

15. Who volunteers to go with Morwenna to her first book club meeting at the library?
(a) Miss Carroll.
(b) Uncle Clem.
(c) Lorraine.
(d) Gill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poem at school ends up being chosen among the best hundred in the national poetry competition?

2. Who slips into Morwenna's bed and tries to kiss her at the hotel after visiting Sam in the novel?

3. What is the name of Morwenna's mother?

4. When was the author Ursula Le Guin born?

5. What is the name of the red-headed girl Morwenna's age who she meets at her first book club meeting?

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