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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 does Magenta believe Heather to be the first time she sees her?

2. In what year was the guitarist who descends from heaven made?

3. Where does Dinnie decide to play his instrument in Chapter 5?

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

5. What is Kerry upset about at the beginning of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the author first describe Johnny Thunders?

4. How does Heather discover the owner of the MacPherson Fiddle?

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

6. How does Aelric prepare to battle King Tala in Chapter 9?

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

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

9. How is the atmosphere of the gallery that Kerry chases Magenta into in Chapter 11 described?

10. How does Heather tell Dinnie she and Morag were thrown out of Scotland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the symbolism of the rare Welsh poppy in the book. What significance does this flower have considering it passed through the hands of nearly all of the book's characters?

Essay Topic 2

Music is a topic seen several times in the book and is something that appears to bring joy and happiness to many of the book's characters.

Part 1) What role does music play in the lives of the fairies in the book?

Part 2) What can we learn about the importance of music based on the portrayal of the MacPherson Fiddle in the book?

Part 3) As far as portraying music in a certain way, what purpose does the author have for including the character Johnny Thunders in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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