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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Morwenna go to the doctor to get in anticipation of an intimate relationship with Wim?
(a) A diaphram.
(b) Birth control pills.
(c) Birth control injections.
(d) Hormone injections.

2. Morwenna explains that Auntie Teg is having an affair with whom?
(a) An old banker.
(b) A young model.
(c) A train conductor.
(d) A married politician.

3. When was James Tiptree, Jr. born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1922.

4. Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and who were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction?
(a) Douglas Adams.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) William Gibson.
(d) Arthur C. Clarke.

5. Since 2001, Samuel Delany has been a professor of English and Creative Writing at what institution?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Temple University.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Harvard University.

6. Morwenna rings in the New Year by visiting whom in the novel?
(a) Aunt Anthea.
(b) Aunt Flossie.
(c) Auntie Gwennie.
(d) Uncle Clem.

7. Morwenna barely had a passing mark in what class before the Christmas holidays?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Math.
(d) Geography.

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

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

10. Robert Heinlein won Hugo Awards for how many of his novels?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

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

13. Daniel and who arrive and take Morwenna to rest up at home after she is released from the hospital?
(a) Grampar.
(b) Uncle Clem.
(c) Auntie Teg.
(d) Aunt Anthea.

14. When is it that Morwenna's leg pain becomes so bad she must go to the hospital?
(a) August, 1972.
(b) January, 1980.
(c) May,1984.
(d) June, 1968.

15. When Morwenna attends a party put on by a former hometown friend after Christmas, what boy flirts and cuddles with her?
(a) Wim.
(b) Owen.
(c) Pete.
(d) Owen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morwenna give Wim for Valentine's Day?

2. What does Morwenna turn her mother's weapons into at the end of the novel?

3. Rumors around town are that Wim did what?

4. After a successful pre-Christmas book club meeting, Morwenna meets with the others at a local pub and sits next to whom?

5. Where does Morwenna go to visit Grampar after Christmas?

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