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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. Of what is the silent woman made?

2. What does the Marid yell at Saturday?

3. Whose nature does Dr. Fallow discuss?

4. What does everyone on the island do?

5. How is the land of Autumn described?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Panther and September wonder about the sleeping Marquess, and what starts to happen and why?

2. Who are the Tsukumogami and what do they do to September?

3. What happens as September runs out of the Worsted Wood and how is she when she reaches Mercurio?

4. Where do September, Saturday, Ell and Gleam awaken and who joins them?

5. What does the Marquess reveal to September about the link between worlds and what does the Marquess want September to do?

6. What does Dr. Fallow tell September about the foods she's been eating, and how does September react?

7. What does Gleam learn of Saturday and Ell?

8. What does September dream as she falls asleep?

9. Where do September and her friends arrive after Calpurnia and Penny have left the group?

10. Where do the Marquess and September ride and what does the Marquess show September?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

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