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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Esk is flying, what ability does she start to lose?
(a) To hold onto memories.
(b) To speak.
(c) To know how to fly.
(d) To be a human.

2. What does Esk learn to make with Granny in the spring, taking a practical course instead of learning magic?
(a) Dressings.
(b) Lotions.
(c) Food.
(d) Ointments, infusions, and potions.

3. What is the eighth child of the eighth son of the blacksmith called?
(a) Smith.
(b) Weatherwax.
(c) Eskarina.
(d) Moses.

4. After Gulta becomes an animal, who agrees with Esk that her brother is more fitting as an animal?
(a) Cern.
(b) Her father.
(c) Granny.
(d) Archchancellor.

5. What or who kills the wolves in the woods surrounding Granny Weatherwax's house?
(a) Gulta.
(b) A flying staff.
(c) Esk.
(d) Smith.

6. 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.

7. What is the normal apprenticeship ritual that Granny no longer feels comfortable teaching Esk after her journey in the animal's body?
(a) Flying enactments.
(b) Mind control games.
(c) Brotherhood of the Wise and Enlightened.
(d) Dance around the fire.

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

9. When Granny tells the Smith family about Esk going to the Unseen University, what does Esk do?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Takes a nap.
(c) Climbs her tree and thinks about wizards.
(d) Lights fires.

10. When you enter a creature's mind, what is difficult upon exiting?
(a) Changing form.
(b) Wanting to come back.
(c) Accepting death.
(d) Restoring one's human balance.

11. Who/What flies through space on four giant elephants atop a massive star turtle?
(a) Discworld.
(b) Bad Ass.
(c) Katerina.
(d) Ankh-Morph.

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

13. Where does Granny find Esk when she goes flying in search of Esk who is lost in the body of the animal?
(a) The past.
(b) In a thunderstorm.
(c) A snow drift.
(d) The future.

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

15. 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?
(a) Utensils.
(b) Magic stones.
(c) Laser beams.
(d) Cooking Pots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the eighth son of an eighth son become?

2. What does Granny want to buy in the city?

3. What view does Granny enjoy seeing when she explores high peaks?

4. What does Esk notice that they are passing by as the boat travels?

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

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