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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. On what days does the library's science fiction book club meet?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Sundays.
(c) Tuesdays.
(d) Thursdays.

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

3. What relative of Morwenna's does she say went to prison for forgery?
(a) Uncle Clem.
(b) Auntie Teg.
(c) Aunt Flossie.
(d) Auntie Gwennie.

4. 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.

5. Glorfindel instructs Morwenna that she must travel to a ruin and gather ingredients for a ritual on what day?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Easter.
(d) The equinox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morwenna continue to do with her mother's letters in order to keep her evil power away?

2. What causes Morwenna pain and leads her to see the school nurse during the school year?

3. What does Morwenna respect the most about Sam?

4. What is the name of the red-headed girl Morwenna's age who she meets at her first book club meeting?

5. What is the name of Morwenna's paternal grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to make Morwenna feel that her ritual for a karass worked favorably? What is a karass?

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

6. How is the character of Morwenna illustrated in "Among Others"? In what ways does she relate to the novel's author?

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

8. What objects and effects are a part of the ritual Morwenna does to protect herself from her mother in the fifth section of the novel?

9. What is the dominant passion that Morwenna has in the novel? How does this passion affect her character?

10. Why has Morwenna traveled with her sister to the factory in the opening of the novel?

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