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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. What is the name of Morwenna's father?
(a) Nicholas.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Greg.

2. Who does Morwenna write a poem for in the nationwide poetry contest which is held at her school?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Deirdre.
(c) Janine.
(d) Liz.

3. Glorfindel instructs Morwenna that she must travel to a ruin nicknamed what when she visits an ancient ruin?
(a) Homer's trap.
(b) The Temple of Zeus.
(c) Minos' labyrinth.
(d) Druid Mountain.

4. What is Morwenna's last name?
(a) Berry.
(b) Phelps.
(c) Meyers.
(d) Jackson.

5. What does Morwenna use in her protective spell which she feels is dangerous but also potentially powerful?
(a) Blood from her finger.
(b) A dead bat.
(c) A dead man's hand.
(d) A coffin nail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Morwenna see in the procession of the dead during the ritual she performs alongside Glorfindel?

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

3. How many Hugo awards has Ursula Le Guin won?

4. What do Morwenna and her sister intend to throw into a pool at the heart of the factory in the beginning of the novel?

5. How many books does Morwenna check out of the library when she first gets her card?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occupies Morwenna's attention in the weeks after the Arlinghurst bonfire?

2. Where does Morwenna perform a ritual alongside Glorfindel? What actions does she take in the ritual?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Morwenna continue to destroy her mother's letters which keep arriving at Arlinghurst? What temptation do the letters represent?

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

10. What unanswered questions does the author set up in the first entries of the novel? Why?

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