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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 is Maud Elizabeth Smyth?
2. What topic does Nor comment about?
3. What does Nor say about September?
4. What do September and Panther wonder about the Marquess?
5. How is the land of Autumn described?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who meets Gleam and September inside the castle and what does September say to her?
2. Who are the Tsukumogami and what do they do to September?
3. What do the Panther and September wonder about the sleeping Marquess, and what starts to happen and why?
4. What does Dr. Fallow tell September about the foods she's been eating, and how does September react?
5. Who is Mr. Map and what does he tell September?
6. Where does September send Gleam and what does September do in the meantime?
7. What is the Casket and who made it?
8. Why does September think her hair is changing and how do the spriggans contradict her?
9. What does September dream as she falls asleep?
10. Who attacks the group and what happens to them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are a number of interesting questions raised by The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland. Questions that Valente most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Valente's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Valente's probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Valente and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.
Essay Topic 2
Here the most important element to note is how the author makes use of Fairyland's allergy to iron - or, more specifically, how September chooses to make use of that allergy in order to save herself, others, and ultimately Fairyland itself. This, in turn, can be seen as a powerful evocation of one of the narrative's central themes - through the power of choice, she turns an often crippling negative into a positive.
1. Discuss what you see are the symbolic reasons fairies are said to be allergic to iron. Use examples from your life and the text to support your answer.
2. Discuss what is meant by the following: through the power of choice, she turns an often crippling negative into a positive.
3. Discuss one situation in your life in which you or someone you know took a negative situation and turned it into something more positive.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?
2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?
3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?
4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?
5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.
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