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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Granny travels in search of Esk who has entered the mind of an animal, how does she sit in lady-like fashion on her method of transport?
(a) Backwards.
(b) Astride it.
(c) Side-saddle.
(d) With hands folded.

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

3. What is the name of the bearded man who reveals Esk's presence on the vessel?
(a) Archchancellor.
(b) Amschat B'hal Zoon.
(c) Disc Man.
(d) Ankh Morpork.

4. Whom does Granny write a letter to at the Unseen University?
(a) Mrs. Winthrop.
(b) Sorcerer.
(c) Head Wizard.
(d) Duke.

5. According to Granny, what are male wizard minds all about?
(a) Control.
(b) Power.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Greed.

6. When Esk wakes up on the boat, what does she hear?
(a) A man drinking.
(b) A dog barking.
(c) A cat meowing.
(d) A couple fighting.

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

8. While Esk does chores for Granny at her house, what does she also become good at?
(a) Practicing magic.
(b) Doing spells.
(c) Listing plants by pharmacological use.
(d) Using the staff.

9. When Esk parts company with the Zoon family, what does she leave with?
(a) A pendant.
(b) A basket.
(c) Three silver coins and a necklace.
(d) Some food.

10. When Esk is in the body of the animal, what does she dream about?
(a) Living forever.
(b) Dying.
(c) Falling out of the sky.
(d) Big creatures and stars.

11. Granny advises Esk not to upset the owner of the mind that she borrows by trying to control it but instead to do what?
(a) Listen to it.
(b) Avoid it.
(c) Subdue it.
(d) Suggest things that are natural to it.

12. When Granny is able to restore Esk to her body, whom does she free that now holds a grudge?
(a) The wolf.
(b) The eagle.
(c) The dog.
(d) The goat.

13. What does the Zoon family agree to keep Esk on board in return for?
(a) Doing magic.
(b) Doing chores.
(c) Teaching them how to control the minds of animals.
(d) Teaching them alchemy.

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

15. When Esk asks why Granny does not use magic to light a fire, what does Granny say in response?
(a) Fires fight magic.
(b) Magic cannot make a fire.
(c) It is much easier to use a match.
(d) One must know when to use magic or not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny enter to get all the drones searching for Esk?

2. When Granny Weatherwax appears to have died in her bed, what do the Smith boys do?

3. 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?

4. At night, while Granny rests, Esk wanders through the city. Where does she end up?

5. What is headology?

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