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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the fortune-teller reads Esk's palm, what does the fortune-teller see that Esk will have?
(a) Fight.
(b) Baby.
(c) Wedding.
(d) Strange journeys and exploration.

2. What does Granny want to buy in the city?
(a) Spears.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Medicines.
(d) Clothes.

3. 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) Side-saddle.
(b) Backwards.
(c) Astride it.
(d) With hands folded.

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

5. When Granny and Smith bury the wizard in the family orchard, what grows in his place?
(a) A fig.
(b) A pineapple.
(c) A lion.
(d) An apple tree.

6. When Esk waits for Granny's "mindshape" to leave, what does she do?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Leaves the eagle's mind.
(c) Melts into the mind of the eagle.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

7. Skiller laughs when Esk asks to drink what?
(a) Goat milk.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Water.

8. Granny enters a fortune-telling booth. Whom does the voice asking if you want your fortune read belong to?
(a) The Discman.
(b) God.
(c) Hilta Goatfounder.
(d) James Dean.

9. How old is the eighth child of the blacksmith when Mrs. Smith worries about Granny in the winter and wants the children to check on the old witch?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eighteen.

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

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

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

13. When Mrs. Skiller puts her to bed, Esk cannot fall asleep until she holds what in her hands?
(a) The night wand.
(b) An elfish glove.
(c) The sorcerer's hat.
(d) The staff.

14. Who seems very different from siblings and exhibits odd behavior at Granny's house?
(a) Mulab.
(b) Esk.
(c) Gulta.
(d) Cern.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Esk leaves in the body of the animal, what does Granny carry back to her house to wait?

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

3. When you enter a creature's mind, what is difficult upon exiting?

4. Who/What flies through space on four giant elephants atop a massive star turtle?

5. Whom does Esk accompany and protect from being cheated?

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