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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 is the name of Kerry's ex boyfriend?

2. Where was Heather hiding when discovering the whereabouts of the magical violin?

3. What kind of music club does Heather take Dinnie to in Chapter 9?

4. What does Dinnie's neighbor wish to win with her art project?

5. Who learns that the heirs of the king's heirs are in New York in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Morag do after seeing some lobsters being held in a restaurant tank?

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

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

4. Why do the Chinese fairies become angry when Kerry shoplifts a mirror from them?

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

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

7. How do Heather and Morag react to Dinnie's violin playing?

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

9. Why are the Italian fairies angry at the end of Chapter 9?

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

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 2

Examine the portrayal of relics in the book. What symbolic meaning do the relics and artifacts used in the book mean to the book's characters, namely the MacPherson Fiddle, the Bhat Gwa mirror, and the MacLeod Banner?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of peace that is presented in the book. How do the book's characters seek peace in their lives and what revelations must they have in order to find it?

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