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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. What can the eighth son of an eighth son become?
(a) A wizard.
(b) A lord.
(c) A duke.
(d) A dancer.

2. What does Granny seem afraid of?
(a) Having children.
(b) Flying.
(c) Doing magic.
(d) Being a wizard.

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

4. Who tells Granny that she must take Esk to University and denies that women cannot be wizards?
(a) The apple tree.
(b) The sorcerer.
(c) The dead wolf.
(d) The blacksmith.

5. What did Granny do in her youth that she found more difficult to do as she got older?
(a) Change into a serpent.
(b) Enter a tree.
(c) Enter the minds of animals.
(d) Become a wolf.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who/What flies through space on four giant elephants atop a massive star turtle?

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

4. What does the visiting wizard at the beginning of the book see before he dies?

5. 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?

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