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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what days does the library's science fiction book club meet?

2. Who does Morwenna see in the procession of the dead during the ritual she performs alongside Glorfindel?

3. Morwenna's disability makes it necessary for her to use what?

4. How many Nebula awards has the author Ursula Le Guin won?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Morwenna describe the fairies of Wales in the novel?

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

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

4. Describe the narrative style of "Among Others". In what format are the events of the novel retold?

5. What unanswered questions does the author set up in the first entries of the novel? Why?

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

7. What happens to make Morwenna feel that her ritual for a karass worked favorably? What is a karass?

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

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

10. In what ways are characters revealed in literature? How does this relate to the character of Wim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the theme of eccentricity in the novel. How does this theme apply to Morwenna and to Morwenna's family? Describe how eccentricity is related in the characters of Deirdre and Sharon in the novel. How does Morwenna feel about these friends? What do they think of Morwenna's eccentric nature?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of sexual abuse in the novel. What is implied when Daniel attempts to kiss Morwenna? How does she feel about the incident? How does Daniel act the following day? Does he show remorse?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Morwenna's Christmas visit to her father's during the holidays. How does Morwenna feel about being at the house and close to the aunts? Why? Why does Morwenna suspect these characters are witches?

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