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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal Rites, pgs. 151-180.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who or what appears often in Esk's dreams?
(a) Granny.
(b) Hideous dark monsters.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Simon.

3. What creature picks up Esk in her dream in its talons, carrying her and dropping her as it screeches?
(a) The thing with the face of a drowned rabbit.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A dinosaur.

4. What is the self-assembled creature that Esk sees when she falls down in her magical state on the cold sand and sees Simon sitting in a circle?
(a) Wild dog.
(b) Medusa.
(c) Chicken, warthog, moth, wolf, and unicorn.
(d) Fierce bear.

5. Where does the fortune-teller tell Esk and Granny that the University is?
(a) 500 miles away at Circle Sea.
(b) 500 miles away at Rotating Turtle.
(c) 500 miles away at Shepherd Lane.
(d) 500 miles away at Flying Disc.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Granny and Esk climb aboard to take them to the University?

2. What does Esk find that turns out to be a less expensive and wider-ranging means of transportation than river barges?

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

4. When Granny locks her cottage and takes Esk with her, what is the name of the nearby metropolis that they visit?

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

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