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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. Who can conduct a wedding in the absence of Brother Perdore?

2. What can King Verence no longer afford?

3. Why does Nanny Ogg live alone?

4. Why do elves use arrows?

5. What has Nanny Ogg never had?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who warns them against it?

2. What happens when the troll stops the wizard's carriage?

3. Why does Magrat finally leave her room?

4. Why does King Verence II want Shawn to learn martial arts?

5. How do the elves finally capture Granny?

6. What brings tears to Magrat's eyes in Verence's room?

7. Why is Magrat again locked into her room?

8. What does Magrat unexpectedly do?

9. What does Diamanda do when she awakens?

10. Who is Queen Ynci the Short Tempered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character and examine their lives at the start of the book. Compare this to how they have changed by the end of the story. What motivates these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use different characters to drive the narrative? Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the narrative's structure express the book's themes?

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