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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Hugo awards has Ursula Le Guin won?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

2. What is the name of Janine's ex-boyfriend she tells Morwenna about in the bookstore?
(a) Cardiff.
(b) Wim.
(c) Pete.
(d) Geraint.

3. Whose science fiction novels include "Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection"?
(a) Frank Herbert's.
(b) Arthur C. Clarke's.
(c) Ray Bradbury's.
(d) Samuel R. Delany's.

4. What does Morwenna see dancing in the flames when Arlinghurst school has a bonfire?
(a) Ember monkeys.
(b) Fire fairies.
(c) Burn goblins.
(d) Combustion owls.

5. In the nationwide poetry contest which Morwenna enters at her school, the best hundred poem writers will receive how much money?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morwenna named the fairy Glorfindel after a character in what novels?

2. What do Morwenna and her sister intend to throw into a pool at the heart of the factory in the beginning of the novel?

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 science-minded female friend visits Morwenna and puts her arm around her in a manner Morwenna interprets as sexual?

5. Where does Morwenna flee to in 1979?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occupies Morwenna's attention in the weeks after the Arlinghurst bonfire?

2. In what ways is the thematic metaphor with the factory in the beginning of the novel reiterated at Arlinghurst?

3. What does Morwenna's leg injury represent metaphorically in the novel?

4. What happens to make Morwenna feel that her ritual for a karass worked favorably? What is a karass?

5. Who is the narrator of "Among Others"? Where is she going in the opening entry?

6. What contest does Morwenna enter at school in the novel? What is foreseen to be the outcome of the competition?

7. What metaphor is set up in the opening of the novel with Morwenna at the factory?

8. Who does Morwenna strike up a friendship with from the book club? Where do they first meet outside of the library?

9. What incident at school leads Morwenna to refer to her mother as a witch? Why?

10. Describe the narrative style of "Among Others". In what format are the events of the novel retold?

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