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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal Rites, pgs. 1-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Esk falls asleep after drinking herbal tea, Granny finds an owl and enters its mind. Where does she fly to?
(a) Back in time.
(b) Ankh-Morph.
(c) The Smith orchard.
(d) Outer space.

2. What does the visiting wizard at the beginning of the book see before he dies?
(a) That the newborn is a girl.
(b) That the newborn is a boy.
(c) That the newborn is crippled.
(d) That the newborn is a screamer.

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?
(a) Louis and Mark.
(b) Smith and Holden.
(c) Cern and Gulta.
(d) Sullivan and James.

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?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Fifteen.

5. In the first section of the book, what is the primary theme that the author Terry Pratchett discusses?
(a) Is death preventable?
(b) Is magic possible?
(c) Can a female be a wizard?
(d) Are animals magical?

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the eighth child of the eighth son of the blacksmith called?

2. What role did Granny assume when she "borrows" another's mind?

3. When Granny wakes up in her house, what does she find is too strong for her to locate Esk?

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

5. Who tells Granny that she must take Esk to University and denies that women cannot be wizards?

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