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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. Who invites Morwenna to try alternative medicine treatment for her leg pain?
2. What do the fairies turn Morwenna's walking stick into at the ruin in the end of the novel?
3. Morwenna feels conflicted about Wim because she feels his feelings aren't real due to what?
4. What aunt drives Morwenna to the train station after Christmas?
5. What is the name of Wim's ex-girlfriend?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of growing up explored when Morwenna visits with Moira in South Wales?
2. How does the visit to Poacher's Wood end with Wim? What concerns does Morwenna have about their developing relationship?
3. What takes place in the climax of the novel? What is the greatest obstacle overcome by the protagonist?
4. What is symbolized in the burning of Morwenna's walking stick in the end of the novel?
5. What differences does Morwenna notice at Arlinghurst when she returns after her hospitalization? What does she believe to be the cause of those changes?
6. Who visits Morwenna when she is hospitalized? What happens when Morwenna's mother appears in the hospital?
7. What does Morwenna reveal about her leg to Wim at Poacher's Wood?
8. What does Morwenna go to do with Janine and Hugh in the novel? What causes her jealousy over Janine?
9. What does Wim discuss with Morwenna when he visits her in the hospital? What does Morwenna admit about her past?
10. Who does Morwenna go to stay with after leaving her father's home during the Christmas holidays? How does she feel about the trip?
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
Describe Morwenna's impressions of her first book club meeting at the library. How are the majority of the attendees described? What fellow members does Morwenna feel intrigued by? How seriously is her discussion of Ursula Le Guin taken by the other members?
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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