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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. Who is the author of The Good Fairies of New York?

2. Why is the crowd ignoring Kerry's friend who is reading in Chapter 11?

3. How many fairies become stranded in Central Park in the book?

4. What happens to the fiddle that the person begins playing in Chapter 11?

5. What is the name of the guitarist who descends from heaven?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Chinese fairies become angry when Kerry shoplifts a mirror from them?

2. How does Morag cause injury to a child in Chapter 11?

3. How does Heather try to get Dinnie to give her the MacPherson Fiddle in Chapter 10?

4. How does the author describe Heather and Morag's meeting at a music contest?

5. How does Dinnie perform when Heather coerces him into playing his violin in a Scottish bar?

6. How does Heather help Dinnie earn money playing the violin?

7. What does Morag do after seeing some lobsters being held in a restaurant tank?

8. Describe Heather's attempts to teach Dinnie to play the violin in Chapter 6.

9. How do Heather and Morag end up in New York City?

10. Why are the Italian fairies angry at the end of Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Competition is a well-used concept presented throughout much of the book, namely between the characters Heather and Morag.

Part 1) What is telling about Heather and Morag's character based on their competitive nature in the book?

Part 2) Based on the portrayal of competition in the book, what might the author be saying about the repercussions of being competitive with others?

Part 3) What lessons do the book's characters learn from being competitive? Is it a positive or negative message?

Essay Topic 2

Suffering is a concept shown throughout the book, namely in the character Kerry.

Part 1) How does the author present suffering in the book in characters like Kerry, suffering in health, and Aelric, suffering from forbidden love?

Part 2) What lessons do the characters that suffer appear to learn from their experiences?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of conflict resolution is found in many areas of the book. What purpose did the author have for presenting such conflicts in the story and then showing their resolutions afterward?

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