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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Esk become the University building?
(a) She makes herself into a giant.
(b) She merges with it.
(c) She feels the mind of stones.
(d) She eats it.

2. In her dream, what does Esk see that seems to be hosting a party but she cannot enter through its gates?
(a) A castle.
(b) A village.
(c) A church.
(d) An inn with a large yard.

3. What inhabits the Dungeon Dimension that encircles the universe of time and space?
(a) Wandering Fools.
(b) Amorphous Beings.
(c) Mystic Magicians.
(d) Strange Things.

4. What does Esk realize that the bodies of the creatures attacking her are held together by?
(a) Wishful thinking.
(b) Metal rods.
(c) Spider webs.
(d) Nails.

5. What idea does Esk propose that the wizard's apprentice finds funny and curious?
(a) That frogs have tails.
(b) That cows can fly.
(c) That women could be wizards.
(d) That wizards are dwarves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Granny and Esk climb aboard to take them to the University?

2. Who or what appears often in Esk's dreams?

3. Since her first Borrowing experience, what kind of dream has Esk gotten used to?

4. What plays an important role in the great battle in the library of Unseen University that occurs later in the novel?

5. What does Master Treatle expound on that is used by wizards to give people whatever they want?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Esk when she becomes the mind of the stones of the University?

2. Who is in charge of the laundry operations and where does this person live?

3. When Esk fights with the Things, what does she realize about their bodies?

4. How does Esk enter the library and what does she notice that is different?

5. Why does Granny tell Esk not to draw attention to herself through magic?

6. When the senior wizards arrive in the library, what do they think has happened to Simon, and what do they do about him?

7. What happens when Treatle's caravan arrives?

8. Who are the inhabitants of the Shades?

9. What happens to students who fail to become wizards?

10. What does Esk say that Cutangle finds fascinating and unprecedented but against the lore?

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