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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Morwenna pain and leads her to see the school nurse during the school year?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her leg.
(c) Her head.
(d) Her hand.

2. Who appears to Morwenna in spectral form, hovering over her bed and literally paralyzing her?
(a) Mor.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Auntie Gwennie.

3. What cousin does Morwenna say stopped believing in fairies and became interested in football after a certain age?
(a) Geraint.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Pete.

4. What is the name of Morwenna's twin sister?
(a) Mor.
(b) Liz.
(c) Deirdre.
(d) Sharon.

5. In the nationwide poetry contest which Morwenna enters at her school, the best hundred poem writers will receive what object?
(a) A writing desk.
(b) An office chair.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A bookshelf.

6. 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) Sharon.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Gill.
(d) Lorraine.

7. What is the first book of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy?
(a) The Fellowship of the Ring.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) The Two Towers.
(d) Return of the King.

8. What does Janine help Morwenna pick out when they first go shopping?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A sweater.
(c) A watch.
(d) A bra.

9. Where was the author Ursula Le Guin born and raised?
(a) Casper, Wyoming.
(b) Berkeley, California.
(c) Reno, Nevada.
(d) Coeur d' Alene, Idaho.

10. Who is Morwenna's maternal grandfather?
(a) Grampar.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Grandpa Sam.
(d) Pappy.

11. What teacher signs Morwenna's library form in the novel?
(a) Miss Smith.
(b) Miss Carroll.
(c) Miss Jenkins.
(d) Miss Robbins.

12. 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 likes boys.
(c) That she is dying.
(d) That she is married.

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

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

15. What do Morwenna and her sister intend to throw into a pool at the heart of the factory in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fictional setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings?

2. What is the name of the Irish girl that Morwenna befriends at school?

3. Whose science fiction novels include "Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection"?

4. What refers to a protective circle of friends created by good magic?

5. How many Nebula awards has the author Ursula Le Guin won?

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