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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. Whose science fiction novels include "Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection"?
(a) Ray Bradbury's.
(b) Samuel R. Delany's.
(c) Frank Herbert's.
(d) Arthur C. Clarke's.

2. How many Hugo awards has Ursula Le Guin won?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

3. Morwenna's great-grandfather had dark skin due to what ancestry?
(a) Indian.
(b) African.
(c) Norwegian.
(d) Asian.

4. Who does Morwenna not receive a permission slip from in time to leave the school and attend the library's book club after she first decides to join?
(a) Miss Carroll.
(b) Uncle Clem.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Liz.

5. Morwenna's great-grandfather was what?
(a) A miner.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A banker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first book of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy?

2. What is the name of Morwenna's father?

3. Who does Morwenna write a poem for in the nationwide poetry contest which is held at her school?

4. How old is Morwenna in 1975?

5. What language did the fairies Morwenna befriended in her early years speak?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Morwenna's leg injury represent metaphorically in the novel?

6. 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?

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

8. What does the reader discern of Morwenna's character through her descriptions of her ancestors?

9. What happens when Morwenna first goes to burn her mother's letters at Arlinghurst?

10. Who does Morwenna strike up a friendship with from the book club? Where do they first meet outside of the library?

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