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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 is the eighth child of the eighth son of the blacksmith called?
(a) Weatherwax.
(b) Eskarina.
(c) Moses.
(d) Smith.

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

3. What reason does Granny oppose using books for?
(a) Fuel.
(b) Reading purposes.
(c) Preaching.
(d) Door stops.

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

5. What or who kills the wolves in the woods surrounding Granny Weatherwax's house?
(a) Gulta.
(b) Esk.
(c) Smith.
(d) A flying staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the first section of the book, what is the primary theme that the author Terry Pratchett discusses?

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

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?

5. When Esk back talks, what does her father do that causes a series of odd happenings and frayed nerves?

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