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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. At the industrial ruin Morwenna visits at the end of the novel, Glorfindel instructs her to go to another favorite site to perform a ritual that will do what?
(a) Make Mor whole again.
(b) Raise the dead.
(c) Cause an eclipse.
(d) Repel the forces of evil.

2. What poem of Jo Walton's is widely quoted on online arguments, often without her name attached?
(a) "The Tomorrow of Yesterday."
(b) "The Hacker Manifesto."
(c) "The Laundry of Leaked Information."
(d) "The Lurkers Support Me in E-Mail."

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

4. Doing Christmas decorating at Daniel's mansion, the season is dampened by the fact that Russians have invaded what country?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) The United States.
(c) China.
(d) Vietnam.

5. When was Jo Walton's first novel published?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an important piece of property associated with the protagonist?

2. Jo Walton won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in what year?

3. What does Wim touch at Poacher's Wood that makes him suddenly able to see all the fairies in the glen clearly?

4. Who from the school visits Morwenna in the hospital and offers her books from the library?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Morwenna go to stay with after leaving her father's home during the Christmas holidays? How does she feel about the trip?

2. What is symbolized by Wim's ability to see a fairy when he first visits Poacher's Wood?

3. What does Morwenna reveal about her leg to Wim at Poacher's Wood?

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

5. How do Wim and Morwenna spend Valentine's Day in the novel? What gifts do they exchange?

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

7. 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?

8. What does Morwenna go to do with Janine and Hugh in the novel? What causes her jealousy over Janine?

9. What does Wim reveal to Morwenna about the rumors circulating about him before they go look for fairies?

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

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