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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal Rites, pgs. 33-65.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Granny gets back to her house, she finds that the staff has returned and thrusts it into the fireplace. However, what gets destroyed while the staff remains unmarked?
(a) Laser beams.
(b) Cooking Pots.
(c) Magic stones.
(d) Utensils.

2. When Esk back talks, what does her father do that causes a series of odd happenings and frayed nerves?
(a) Locks her in the closet.
(b) Slaps her.
(c) Beats her.
(d) Yells at her mother.

3. When Granny asks Esk to fetch her witchcraft, what does she say Esk must know, without which there is no point to teaching her witchcraft?
(a) How to cure a wart.
(b) The secret of witchcraft that it contains.
(c) The way to make a spell.
(d) How to cook a toad.

4. What kinds of books does Granny like?
(a) Thin books to read in out houses.
(b) Glossy hardcover books that you rest your coffee on.
(c) Paperback books you can throw away.
(d) Books with pictures.

5. Since the blacksmith's sons do not see any footprints outside the witch's house, what are they convinced that the witch can do?
(a) Move through time.
(b) Move her house.
(c) Change into animals.
(d) Erase footprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Granny adamant about concerning male and female magic?

2. Who/What flies through space on four giant elephants atop a massive star turtle?

3. When Granny tells the Smith family about Esk going to the Unseen University, what does Esk do?

4. In the first section of the book, what is the primary theme that the author Terry Pratchett discusses?

5. When Esk is in the body of the animal, what does she dream about?

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