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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Morwenna tell in an awkward conversation that she is not interested in her physically after joining the book club?
(a) Gill.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Deirdre.
(d) Janine.

2. What is the fictional setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings?
(a) New York.
(b) Daikon.
(c) South Wales.
(d) Middle-earth.

3. Glorfindel instructs Morwenna that she must travel to a ruin and gather what for a ritual there?
(a) Deer blood.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Smooth rocks.
(d) Oak leaves.

4. How old is Morwenna in 1979?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

5. Who appears to Morwenna in spectral form, hovering over her bed and literally paralyzing her?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Auntie Gwennie.
(d) Mor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Morwenna's mother?

2. In the nationwide poetry contest which Morwenna enters at her school, the best hundred poem writers will receive what object?

3. What does Glorfindel wear?

4. Who volunteers to go with Morwenna to her first book club meeting at the library?

5. Whose image has been burned out of the photograph that Morwenna's mother sends her after she arrives at the boarding school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first letter Morwenna receives from her mother at Arlilnghurst. Why does Morwenna treasure the letter?

2. How is magic uses metaphorically by the author in the fifth section of the novel?

3. Where does Morwenna plan on going to visit during the break in the school term?

4. How does Morwenna relate her feelings about religion in the fourth section of the novel?

5. What contest does Morwenna enter at school in the novel? What is foreseen to be the outcome of the competition?

6. How does Morwenna describe the fairies of Wales in the novel?

7. Describe the narrative style of "Among Others". In what format are the events of the novel retold?

8. What metaphor is set up in the opening of the novel with Morwenna at the factory?

9. What does the appearance of Mor in Morwenna's ritual represent metaphorically?

10. How is Morwenna conflicted about her eccentricities in the novel? How is this illustrated at Arlinghurst?

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