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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 do the creatures tell Lyta she should call the Furies?

2. Who tells Rose a story about Sleeping Beauty?

3. Which of the three fates winds the yarn?

4. What is Lyta's mother's superhero name?

5. What is Pinkerton's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lord Morpheus change the man's dream?

2. Who is Nuala?

3. What information does Matthew get from the other characters on the way to seeing Morpheus?

4. Describe the story Magda tells about the children who fly away?

5. What is Rose's relationship with Zelda?

6. What do Titania and Nuala talk about in this section?

7. How does Magda's version of Sleeping Beauty differ from the full version?

8. Describe Lyta's dream.

9. How does Carla die?

10. Describe Rose's dream.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare one of the characters to the person he or she was at the beginning of the book to who he or she is at the end.

1. What did he or she hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes his or her ideas about life?

3. How has his or her character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

In what way can The Kindly Ones be called a revenge story? What are the conventions of a normal revenge story and how does Gaiman use these conventions to create a meaning that fits with 90s culture? How does The Kindly Ones differ from usual revenge stories?

Essay Topic 3

What relationship do the human characters have with Dreaming? What relationship do the Dreaming characters have with Earth? How does Gaiman make the relationship between Dreaming and Earth believable?

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