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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. Granny advises Esk not to upset the owner of the mind that she borrows by trying to control it but instead to do what?
(a) Listen to it.
(b) Avoid it.
(c) Subdue it.
(d) Suggest things that are natural to it.

2. Who finds the key in the privy, enabling the blacksmith's three children to enter the house and go to Granny who is in bed with the window open?
(a) Weatherbee.
(b) Smith.
(c) Esk.
(d) Gulta.

3. When Granny is able to restore Esk to her body, whom does she free that now holds a grudge?
(a) The eagle.
(b) The goat.
(c) The dog.
(d) The wolf.

4. 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) Cooking Pots.
(b) Magic stones.
(c) Laser beams.
(d) Utensils.

5. When Granny travels in search of Esk who has entered the mind of an animal, how does she sit in lady-like fashion on her method of transport?
(a) Astride it.
(b) Side-saddle.
(c) With hands folded.
(d) Backwards.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What do the woods surrounding Granny Weatherwax's house contain?

3. What did Granny do in her youth that she found more difficult to do as she got older?

4. How old is the eighth child of the blacksmith when Mrs. Smith worries about Granny in the winter and wants the children to check on the old witch?

5. Esk finds out that most wizards are old, powerful, rare, bearded men. What does she find out about witches?

(see the answer key)

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