View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal Rites, pgs. 120-151.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Smith.
(b) Esk.
(c) Gulta.
(d) Weatherbee.

3. When Esk sees old wizards strolling, young wizards scuttling with books, and notices the air tastes of tin, what does she feel?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Magic's harnessed power.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Happy.

4. What does Granny Weatherwax think should be burned because female wizards are not right?
(a) Shoes.
(b) A pot.
(c) A hat.
(d) A staff.

5. When Granny locks her cottage and takes Esk with her, what is the name of the nearby metropolis that they visit?
(a) Discworld.
(b) Kailash.
(c) Ohulan Cutash.
(d) Ankh Morph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the destination that Esk attempts to find a caravan traveling to?

2. Who is the wizard that Adab Gander, a caravan leader, negotiates with to travel with them?

3. What plays an important role in the great battle in the library of Unseen University that occurs later in the novel?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 256 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample