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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 a manual for invoking the spirits of the dead?

2. When the books fly off the shelves in the library, what happens to the floor?

3. What does Esk find that turns out to be a less expensive and wider-ranging means of transportation than river barges?

4. What did Simon call up that the staff saved Esk from?

5. Who is the wizard that Adab Gander, a caravan leader, negotiates with to travel with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the wizard apprentice process different in Esk and Simon's time from previously?

2. What happens to Granny when she travels to find Esk?

3. What happens to the traveling caravan party three days after they leave Zemphis?

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

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

6. What happens in the library involving Simon?

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

8. What does Granny pretend to do for the person in charge of the laundry operations?

9. What does Granny transform herself into to deflect Cutangle's attacks?

10. What happens when Treatle's caravan arrives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief portrait study of Esk. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics?

Essay Topic 2

When Esk goes to the university, she is not immediately accepted because wizards are male. She faces institutionalized discrimination. What is institutionalized discrimination? How is it portrayed in "Equal Rites"? How does the author Terry Pratchett lampoon the institution of higher learning? Describe.

Essay Topic 3

"Equal Rites" by Terry Pratchett is a comic fantasy. Describe what elements of fantasy are revealed in the book. Is the book geared towards adults? Why? Describe.

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