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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 King Tala's stepdaughter?

2. How does Dinnie react when Kerry shares her theory on why she thinks Heather and Morag choose to keep the MacLeod Banner?

3. Who falls in love with King Tala's stepdaughter?

4. What does Aelric spend his time doing instead of preparing for battle in Chapter 23?

5. Who do the MacLeod sisters meet up with in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aelric fail to do before his battle with King Tala that gets him stuck in a castle?

2. What happens when Kerry and Morag go to Tompkin's Square in Chapter 16?

3. How is Johnny Thunders able to descend from heaven?

4. What does Aelric learn about Marion's loyalties after he falls in love with her?

5. Why is the fairy Brannoc depressed in Chapter 15?

6. How does Dinnie react to the ponytail Heather grows for him?

7. How does Morag learn how to fix her broken violin in Chapter 25?

8. How does the group of mercenaries begin their walk to New York from Cornwall?

9. How does Dinnie react to Kerry's theory on why Heather and Morag choose to keep the Macleod Banner?

10. What happens when Morag tries to exchange the Bhat Gwa mirror for Kerry's poppy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the presence of stealing in the book. What might the author be saying about the nature of those who steal based on characters like Kerry and Morag in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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