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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal Rites, pgs. 95-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Granny calms Esk who is panicking. What is the vital lesson that Esk has learned?
(a) Becoming stronger.
(b) Flying.
(c) Having a strong mind.
(d) Going beyond Borrowing to becoming.

2. When the man Esk meets in the square tells her about caravans, what does she point out to him?
(a) That she is tired.
(b) That he is short.
(c) That the caravans are slow.
(d) That the bales are infected with worms.

3. When Granny talks about men to Esk, what does she tell Esk that men are all about?
(a) Control, numbers, and facts.
(b) Facts, power, and revenge.
(c) Numbers, power, and "jommetry".
(d) Ownership, power, and greed.

4. What does Granny enter to get all the drones searching for Esk?
(a) Nest of birds.
(b) Bees' "hivemind."
(c) Ants' "nestmind."
(d) Starlings.

5. What is headology?
(a) When people see the hat and cloak, they assume her magic will work.
(b) The worship of heads.
(c) Wearing scarves around the head.
(d) The study of heads.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Esk asks Adab to take her with them and he refuses, what does she ask him to do?

2. After Granny subdues Esk and brings her back home, what does she find and use the raw power of the staff to unravel?

3. Who are the brothers that fetch Esk at her tree and take her to the witch's house in the first section of the book?

4. Who seems very different from siblings and exhibits odd behavior at Granny's house?

5. When Esk tries to move the staff, what does she do?

(see the answer key)

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