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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal Rites, pgs. 180-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pratchett describe that normally prevents wolves from eating humans in the first section of the book?
(a) Laser beams.
(b) Natural selection.
(c) Magic stones.
(d) Barbed wire.

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

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

4. While Esk is in the bustling square of the town, she pulls on the hem of a man's clothing. What is the man counting?
(a) Lazy women.
(b) Chess pieces.
(c) Bales of tobacco.
(d) Money.

5. What does Treatle say is prohibited in the written lore, which Cutangle challenges?
(a) Reading books.
(b) The presence of a woman.
(c) The use of weapons.
(d) The use of magic herbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the fortune-teller reads Esk's palm, what does the fortune-teller see that Esk will have?

2. How does Esk become the University building?

3. What part of the University is flooded?

4. What does Simon urge Esk to do after the Things release him?

5. 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?

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