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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal Rites, pgs. 65-95.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) The secret of witchcraft that it contains.
(b) How to cook a toad.
(c) How to cure a wart.
(d) The way to make a spell.

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

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

5. Skiller laughs when Esk asks to drink what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Goat milk.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Granny cannot find Esk, what does Hilta bring Granny so that she can search for Esk?

2. When you enter a creature's mind, what is difficult upon exiting?

3. When Granny talks about men to Esk, what does she tell Esk that men are all about?

4. What does the Zoon family agree to keep Esk on board in return for?

5. What does Pratchett describe that normally prevents wolves from eating humans in the first section of the book?

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