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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invites Morwenna to try alternative medicine treatment for her leg pain?
(a) Grampar.
(b) Aunt Flossie.
(c) Sam.
(d) Deirdre.

2. What play of Shakespeare's does Morwenna see a presentation of after returning to school from her hospitalization?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Julius Ceasar.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) The Tempest.

3. What treatment does Morwenna finally receive which grants her relief from her terrible leg pain?
(a) Physical therapy.
(b) Chemotherapy.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Acupuncture.

4. What does the boy who hits on Morwenna call her when she reiterates his sexual advances at the party put on by her former friend after Christmas?
(a) Whore.
(b) Floozy.
(c) Hellcat.
(d) Slut.

5. Doing Christmas decorating at Daniel's mansion, the season is dampened by the fact that Russians have invaded what country?
(a) The United States.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) China.

6. Where do the book club members convene at to celebrate the birthday of a club member after their discussion of Tiptree?
(a) The bookstore.
(b) A fancy restaurant.
(c) The local pub.
(d) The train station.

7. The alternative medicine practitioner whom Morwenna sees for her leg pain recommends that she return for treatment for what duration?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

8. What rumors has Wim heard that he confronts Morwenna about while she is in the hospital?
(a) She is moving away.
(b) She is a witch.
(c) She killed her sister.
(d) She is bisexual.

9. It was not publicly known until what year that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1963.

10. Rumors around town are that Wim did what?
(a) Stole a car.
(b) Killed a bird.
(c) Set a building on fire.
(d) Got a girl pregnant.

11. What does Morwenna say is the cause of her leg injury when first asked by Janine?
(a) Stray bullet.
(b) Dog attack.
(c) Sports injury.
(d) Car accident.

12. Sam lost his entire family how?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Volcanic eruption.
(c) Tsunami.
(d) The Holocaust.

13. At the industrial ruin Morwenna visits at the end of the novel, Glorfindel instructs her to go to another favorite site to perform a ritual that will do what?
(a) Make Mor whole again.
(b) Cause an eclipse.
(c) Raise the dead.
(d) Repel the forces of evil.

14. When was Jo Walton born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1957.

15. Morwenna's aunt who drives her to the train station after Christmas stops at what kind of shop?
(a) Apparel.
(b) Bakery.
(c) Home furnishings.
(d) Jewelers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daniel and who arrive and take Morwenna to rest up at home after she is released from the hospital?

2. Who from the school visits Morwenna in the hospital and offers her books from the library?

3. When was Samuel Delany's "Babel-17" published?

4. Jo Walton won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in what year?

5. How many Hugo awards has Samuel Delany won in his career?

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