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

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

3. What book does Sam give to Morwenna on her first visit?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) The Symposium.
(d) The Bible.

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

5. How many Nebula awards has the author Ursula Le Guin won?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Glorfindel instructs Morwenna that she must travel to a ruin and gather ingredients for a ritual on what day?

2. Whose science fiction novels include "Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection"?

3. What health problem led to Grampar's hospitalization?

4. What cousin does Morwenna say stopped believing in fairies and became interested in football after a certain age?

5. What sister of her mother's is Morwenna's closest relative?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways are characters revealed in literature? How does this relate to the character of Wim?

2. How is Morwenna conflicted about her eccentricities in the novel? How is this illustrated at Arlinghurst?

3. What objects and effects are a part of the ritual Morwenna does to protect herself from her mother in the fifth section of the novel?

4. What does Morwenna relate about fairies when describing the Arlinghurst bonfire in the novel?

5. What is the dominant passion that Morwenna has in the novel? How does this passion affect her character?

6. Describe the first letter Morwenna receives from her mother at Arlilnghurst. Why does Morwenna treasure the letter?

7. How is the character of Morwenna illustrated in "Among Others"? In what ways does she relate to the novel's author?

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

9. How is magic uses metaphorically by the author in the fifth section of the novel?

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

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