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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 is the name of the homeless woman introduced in Chapter 3?

2. What do Heather and Dinnie fight over at the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. What kind of fairies steal Kerry's poppy in Chapter 12?

4. What is Kerry upset about at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. What is the name of the army the homeless woman wandering the streets in Chapter 3 believes she is watching out for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author first describe Johnny Thunders?

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

4. What happens after Kerry retrieves her stolen poppy from Magenta in Chapter 12?

5. How is the atmosphere of the gallery that Kerry chases Magenta into in Chapter 11 described?

6. How does Morag first describe the MacPherson Fiddle to Dinnie?

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

8. Why does Kerry say that her boyfriend Cal broke up with her?

9. What does Heather do when she comes across a dead homeless person in Chapter 7?

10. How does Heather discover the owner of the MacPherson Fiddle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of unconditional love that is presented in the book. What obstacles must characters like Kerry and Dinnie overcome in order to find unconditional love in their lives and what does this kind of love represent to them?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's portrayal of violence in the book. Why does the author choose to use violence in many parts of the book, especially in the interactions between Heather and Morag?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the portrayal of the different groups of fairies in the book that include the Black Fairies, the Italian Fairies, the Chinese Fairies, and others. What reason did the author have for including such varying groups of fairies within the same species and are there any stereotypes present in the portrayal of these groups?

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