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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. How long does Morwenna intend to stay with her Auntie Teg after Christmas?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 14 days.

2. What play of Shakespeare's does Morwenna see a presentation of after returning to school from her hospitalization?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Julius Ceasar.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) The Tempest.

3. Jo Walton won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in what year?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

4. When Morwenna attends a party put on by a former hometown friend after Christmas, what boy flirts and cuddles with her?
(a) Pete.
(b) Wim.
(c) Owen.
(d) Owen.

5. What does Morwenna say is the cause of her leg injury when first asked by Janine?
(a) Dog attack.
(b) Sports injury.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Stray bullet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Morwenna call to tell about her condition from Daniel's house after leaving the hospital?

2. Morwenna takes the train where to stay with her Auntie Teg after Christmas?

3. After a successful pre-Christmas book club meeting, Morwenna meets with the others at a local pub and sits next to whom?

4. Morwenna barely had a passing mark in what class before the Christmas holidays?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What place does Morwenna suggest to Wim as a location they may be able to see a fairy in the novel? Who owns this land?

2. How does the visit to Poacher's Wood end with Wim? What concerns does Morwenna have about their developing relationship?

3. What is symbolized in the burning of Morwenna's walking stick in the end of the novel?

4. How is the theme of growing up explored in Morwenna's encounter with Mor during the Christmas holidays?

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

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

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

8. How does the book club change Morwenna as a character? How does this tie into the novel's themes?

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

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

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