2. What does Wim touch at Poacher's Wood that makes him suddenly able to see all the fairies in the glen clearly?
(a) Morwenna's walking stick.
(b) Morwenna's hat.
(c) An old tree.
(d) A large boulder.

3. What aunt drives Morwenna to the train station after Christmas?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Anthea.
(c) Teg.
(d) Gwennie.

4. "Among Others" was published in hardcover edition when?
(a) April, 2008.
(b) January, 2011.
(c) January, 2002.
(d) September, 2004.

5. What does Morwenna go to the doctor to get in anticipation of an intimate relationship with Wim?
(a) Birth control injections.
(b) Hormone injections.
(c) A diaphram.
(d) Birth control pills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morwenna receive from her three aunts for Christmas?

2. Sam lost his entire family how?

3. How will Morwenna have to travel to get to her treatment practitioner when Daniel cannot take her?

4. Morwenna explains that Auntie Teg is having an affair with whom?

5. It was not publicly known until what year that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who visits Morwenna when she is hospitalized? What happens when Morwenna's mother appears in the hospital?

2. What strikes Morwenna about Sam when he visits after her release from the hospital?

3. In what final place that Morwenna visits in South Wales during the Christmas holidays does she finally encounter magic? What happens?

4. When is Morwenna forced into the hospital for her leg pain? What is her treatment there like?

5. What is represented in Morwenna's encounter with Owen at the party during the Christmas holidays?

6. What differences does Morwenna notice at Arlinghurst when she returns after her hospitalization? What does she believe to be the cause of those changes?

7. What information and advice does Hugh give Morwenna regarding Wim?

8. What leads up to the meeting of Daniel and Wim in the novel? What impressions do they have of one another?

9. What fairy do Wim and Morwenna encounter at an old castle near the end of the novel? What does the fairy tell them?

10. Who does Morwenna visit while in South Wales during the Christmas holidays? In what places does she look for fairies?

(see the answer keys)

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