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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. When was "The Hobbit" published?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1937.

2. What teacher signs Morwenna's library form in the novel?
(a) Miss Carroll.
(b) Miss Smith.
(c) Miss Jenkins.
(d) Miss Robbins.

3. Glorfindel appears in human form to be about how old?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

4. What book does Sam give to Morwenna on her first visit?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Symposium.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the blond-haired handsome boy in the book club that Morwenna has a crush on?

2. What does Morwenna see dancing in the flames when Arlinghurst school has a bonfire?

3. Where does Auntie Teg live?

4. At her first book club meeting, Morwenna is disappointed that almost all of the attendees are what?

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. How is the character of Wim introduced in the novel? What mystery surrounds Wim?

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

3. Who is the narrator of "Among Others"? Where is she going in the opening entry?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. Where does Morwenna encounter Glorfindel? How is he described? Where does he instruct Morwenna to go?

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