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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what days does the library's science fiction book club meet?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Thursdays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Tuesdays.

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

3. What is the name of the red-headed girl Morwenna's age who she meets at her first book club meeting?
(a) Janine.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Deirdre.
(d) Anthea.

4. At her first book club meeting, Morwenna is disappointed that almost all of the attendees are what?
(a) Women.
(b) Small children.
(c) Politically connected.
(d) Men.

5. How old is Morwenna in 1979?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

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

7. Who volunteers to go with Morwenna to her first book club meeting at the library?
(a) Uncle Clem.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Miss Carroll.
(d) Gill.

8. What is Morwenna's true love in the novel?
(a) Science fiction literature.
(b) Helping sick animals.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Wilderness camping.

9. What is the name of the prestigious boarding school Morwenna attends?
(a) Arlinghurst.
(b) Oak Knoll.
(c) Regaldale.
(d) Arlingdale.

10. Who does Sam encourage Morwenna to read?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Huxley.
(d) Plato.

11. What relative of Morwenna's does she say was disgraced for being a lesbian?
(a) Auntie Gertrude.
(b) Auntie Olwen.
(c) Auntie Teg.
(d) Auntie Maudie.

12. Glorfindel instructs Morwenna that she must travel to a ruin and gather what for a ritual there?
(a) Smooth rocks.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Deer blood.
(d) Oak leaves.

13. Glorfindel instructs Morwenna that she must travel to a ruin nicknamed what when she visits an ancient ruin?
(a) The Temple of Zeus.
(b) Homer's trap.
(c) Minos' labyrinth.
(d) Druid Mountain.

14. What must Morwenna have in order to get a card at the town library?
(a) A drivers license.
(b) An interest in books.
(c) Five pounds.
(d) A note signed by the school and a parent.

15. The older woman who leads the first book club meeting Morwenna attends is named what?
(a) Janine.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Leah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janine help Morwenna pick out when they first go shopping?

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

3. Who is Morwenna's maternal grandfather?

4. To whom does Morwenna correspond with about Plato by letters from school?

5. Whose poem at school ends up being chosen among the best hundred in the national poetry competition?

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