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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Morwenna pain and leads her to see the school nurse during the school year?

2. What does Morwenna respect the most about Sam?

3. Who does Morwenna tell in an awkward conversation that she is not interested in her physically after joining the book club?

4. What refers to a protective circle of friends created by good magic?

5. How many Nebula awards has the author Ursula Le Guin won?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Morwenna perform a ritual alongside Glorfindel? What actions does she take in the ritual?

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

6. How does Morwenna describe the fairies of Wales in the novel?

7. What happens when Morwenna first goes to burn her mother's letters at Arlinghurst?

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

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

10. How does Morwenna continue to destroy her mother's letters which keep arriving at Arlinghurst? What temptation do the letters represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Morwenna's feelings about her ancestors. How does she feel about her closest relatives, including her mother, Aunt Teg, and Grampar? How are these characters related? Why is Aunt Teg different from Morwenna's other aunts?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the several ways a reader can learn about a character, including what a character says about himself, how the narrator presents the character, etc. How Wim is initially presented clashes with what another character says about him, presenting an interesting tension for the reader. Is Wim really a bad person, or is he misunderstood by Janine and others?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of sexual abuse in the novel. What is implied when Daniel attempts to kiss Morwenna? How does she feel about the incident? How does Daniel act the following day? Does he show remorse?

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