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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action do Morwenna's paternal aunts try to get her to do, which would effectively sever her ties with the magical world?
(a) Take piano lessons.
(b) Move in with them.
(c) Pierce her ears.
(d) Skip a grade in school.

2. What does Morwenna become the embodiment of in order to show the fairies she doesn't want to follow their instruction in the end of the novel?
(a) Flame.
(b) Water.
(c) Earth.
(d) Air.

3. "Among Others" was published in hardcover edition when?
(a) January, 2011.
(b) April, 2008.
(c) September, 2004.
(d) January, 2002.

4. How does Morwenna say her sister died when talking with Wim at Poacher's Wood?
(a) Drowning while swimming.
(b) Falling from a building.
(c) In a battle with her mother.
(d) A skydiving accident.

5. What does Morwenna give Wim for Valentine's Day?
(a) 3 books.
(b) A rose.
(c) A poem.
(d) 2 kittens.

6. When Morwenna and Wim meet up to go look for a fairy, Morwenna reveals that she knows of what rumor about Wim?
(a) He is from another country.
(b) He got a girl pregnant.
(c) He is adopted.
(d) He killed a boy.

7. What poem of Jo Walton's is widely quoted on online arguments, often without her name attached?
(a) "The Tomorrow of Yesterday."
(b) "The Lurkers Support Me in E-Mail."
(c) "The Laundry of Leaked Information."
(d) "The Hacker Manifesto."

8. Morwenna's mother attacks Morwenna by tearing pages from what, at the end of the novel?
(a) Lord of the Rings.
(b) The Symposium.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Iliad.

9. Morwenna takes the train where to stay with her Auntie Teg after Christmas?
(a) London.
(b) South Wales.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Paris.

10. What place does Morwenna suggest to Wim as a place they can go to possibly see a fairy after their book club meeting?
(a) Croggin Bog.
(b) Dingly Dell.
(c) Poacher's Wood.
(d) Foxes Glen.

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

12. How will Morwenna have to travel to get to her treatment practitioner when Daniel cannot take her?
(a) Plane and train.
(b) Boat and plane.
(c) Car and mule.
(d) Bus and train.

13. When was Jo Walton's first novel published?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2000.

14. What aunt drives Morwenna to the train station after Christmas?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Teg.
(c) Anthea.
(d) Gwennie.

15. What does Wim touch at Poacher's Wood that makes him suddenly able to see all the fairies in the glen clearly?
(a) A large boulder.
(b) An old tree.
(c) Morwenna's walking stick.
(d) Morwenna's hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone show off at school once the holidays end and classes resume?

2. When was Jo Walton born?

3. What does Morwenna go to the doctor to get in anticipation of an intimate relationship with Wim?

4. Glorfindel along with a great many fairies are waiting for Morwenna at an industrial ruin she calls what, in the end of the novel?

5. How long does Morwenna intend to stay with her Auntie Teg after Christmas?

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