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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. Sam lost his entire family how?

2. How does Morwenna say her sister died when talking with Wim at Poacher's Wood?

3. Daniel and who arrive and take Morwenna to rest up at home after she is released from the hospital?

4. What play of Shakespeare's does Morwenna see a presentation of after returning to school from her hospitalization?

5. The book club that Morwenna is a member of at the library is focused on what genre of literature?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. What does Morwenna think of her first acupuncture treatment? How often will she receive the treatments?

10. What follows the school's holiday celebration in the novel? What award does Morwenna receive and how does she feel about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Morwenna's feelings about her ancestors. How does she feel about her closest relatives, including her mother, Aunt Teg, and Grampar? How are these characters related? Why is Aunt Teg different from Morwenna's other aunts?

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

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?

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