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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 Mercurio constructed?

2. What happens to a lock of September's hair?

3. How does September break open the prison cells?

4. Who is Nor?

5. What do the spriggans and Fallow tell September about her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who meets Gleam and September inside the castle and what does September say to her?

2. Who arrives to greet the visitors to Autumn and what is special about them?

3. What circles the Lonely Gaol and why?

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

5. What does it mean to be ravished?

6. Why does September think her hair is changing and how do the spriggans contradict her?

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

8. What does Nor tell September about everyone in the town and how September is like them?

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

10. Who does September meet when her raft collides with a thick net of water plants and where do they go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze September. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of The Marquess. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Ell. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland a successful novel? What about young teens?

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