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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. What instrument does Dinnie play in the book?

2. Who gives Kerry a flower for her alphabet at the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. Who does Kerry believe stole her poppy in Chapter 10?

4. What does the leader of the rebels fighting for Petal and Tulip spend his time studying in libraries?

5. How does the person find out that the king's heirs are in New York in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dinnie perform when Heather coerces him into playing his violin in a Scottish bar?

2. How does the author describe Heather and Morag's meeting at a music contest?

3. Describe Heather's attempts to teach Dinnie to play the violin in Chapter 6.

4. How does the author first describe Johnny Thunders?

5. What does Heather do when she comes across a dead homeless person in Chapter 7?

6. How is Kerry planning to make her Celtic Alphabet?

7. How are Magenta's delusions described in Chapter 3?

8. How does Morag cause injury to a child in Chapter 11?

9. Why does Kerry say that her boyfriend Cal broke up with her?

10. How do Tulip and Petal feel about their father just after landing in Central Park?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the portrayal of abandonment in the book. What impact does being abandoned have on the book's characters especially the five fairies trapped in Central Park?

Essay Topic 2

Suffering is a concept shown throughout the book, namely in the character Kerry.

Part 1) How does the author present suffering in the book in characters like Kerry, suffering in health, and Aelric, suffering from forbidden love?

Part 2) What lessons do the characters that suffer appear to learn from their experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the presence of stealing in the book. What might the author be saying about the nature of those who steal based on characters like Kerry and Morag in the book?

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