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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 185 through 210.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action do Morwenna's paternal aunts try to get her to do, which would effectively sever her ties with the magical world?
(a) Pierce her ears.
(b) Take piano lessons.
(c) Move in with them.
(d) Skip a grade in school.

2. To whom does Morwenna correspond with about Plato by letters from school?
(a) Aunt Anthea.
(b) Sam.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Sharon.

3. What appears and dances in the flames when Morwenna builds a bonfire in the countryside in the third section of the novel?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Foxes.
(c) Elves.
(d) Fairies.

4. During the Christmas holidays, Morwenna suspects that her three paternal aunts are actually what?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Lesbians.
(d) Witches.

5. What teacher signs Morwenna's library form in the novel?
(a) Miss Robbins.
(b) Miss Smith.
(c) Miss Jenkins.
(d) Miss Carroll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since 2001, Samuel Delany has been a professor of English and Creative Writing at what institution?

2. Whose image has been burned out of the photograph that Morwenna's mother sends her after she arrives at the boarding school?

3. What relative of Morwenna's does she say was disgraced for being a lesbian?

4. How many Hugo awards has Ursula Le Guin won?

5. Glorfindel instructs Morwenna that she must travel to a ruin and gather what for a ritual there?

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