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

3. When was Samuel Delany's "Babel-17" published?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1944.

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

5. 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) Cause an eclipse.
(b) Raise the dead.
(c) Repel the forces of evil.
(d) Make Mor whole again.

6. What do Wim and Morwenna see at the old castle that Daniel drives them to on Valentine's Day?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A fairy.
(d) A fox.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Where do Morwenna's final marks place her in her class before the Christmas holidays?
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Fifth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the librarian where Morwenna is a participant at the book club?

2. What wild place does Morwenna visit looking for fairies while staying with Auntie Teg after Christmas?

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

4. What cryptic message does a fairy speak at Dingly Dell?

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

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