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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. James Tiptree, Jr. is the pen name of what American science fiction author?
(a) Arthur Conan Doyle.
(b) Michelle Williams.
(c) Sara Michael Anderson.
(d) Alice Bradley Sheldon.

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

4. 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) Bus and train.
(d) Car and mule.

5. At Morwenna's book club meeting, some of the men feel that the author Tiptree is what?
(a) Fascist.
(b) Immature.
(c) Misogynistic.
(d) Anti-establishment.

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

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

8. Morwenna attends a party put on by what hometown former friend after Christmas?
(a) Greg.
(b) Leah.
(c) Wim.
(d) Harriet.

9. Jo Walton won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in what year?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

10. Where was Jo Walton born?
(a) Aberdare, Wales.
(b) Cairo, Egypt.
(c) London, England.
(d) Istanbul, Turkey.

11. 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) Pierce her ears.
(c) Skip a grade in school.
(d) Move in with them.

12. 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) 4 months.
(d) 6 weeks.

13. Doing Christmas decorating at Daniel's mansion, Morwenna is homesick for where?
(a) Bristol.
(b) London.
(c) South Wales.
(d) Cardiff.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Morwenna and Wim discuss Robert Heinlein, Morwenna feels Heinlein stands up for dignity and humanity, while Wim feels he is what?

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

4. Who invites Morwenna to try alternative medicine treatment for her leg pain?

5. It was not publicly known until what year that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman?

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