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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 does everyone show off at school once the holidays end and classes resume?
(a) Their pets.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Christmas presents.
(d) Phototgraphs.

2. Morwenna steps outside the story early in the novel to inform the reader that he or she should read the book as a memoir written by whom?
(a) A drunkard.
(b) A child.
(c) An unreliable and disreputable person.
(d) A prestigious clergyman.

3. What is the name of Morwenna's twin sister?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Deirdre.
(c) Mor.
(d) Liz.

4. 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) Skip a grade in school.
(d) Move in with them.

5. What science-minded female friend visits Morwenna and puts her arm around her in a manner Morwenna interprets as sexual?
(a) Lorraine.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Gill.
(d) Deirdre.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a science-minded female friend visits Morwenna and puts her arm around her in a manner Morwenna interprets as sexual, she struggles to find a way to express what?

3. What jockish girl sees one of Morwenna's photos from her mother and asks her about it, leading Morwenna to respond that her mother is a vindictive witch?

4. What does Morwenna use in her protective spell which she feels is dangerous but also potentially powerful?

5. What is the name of Janine's ex-boyfriend she tells Morwenna about in the bookstore?

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