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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Granny enter to get all the drones searching for Esk?
(a) Starlings.
(b) Ants' "nestmind."
(c) Bees' "hivemind."
(d) Nest of birds.

3. Where does the Zoon family reach when Esk accompanies a Zoon family member to shore?
(a) Zemphis.
(b) Hilta.
(c) Land of Dreams.
(d) University.

4. Unfortunately, when Esk finally falls asleep on the boat by the dock, what does it do?
(a) Grow.
(b) Move down river.
(c) Break.
(d) Heave.

5. When Gulta kicks the staff, what does he turn into, causing everyone to come rushing, hearing him scream.
(a) A frog.
(b) A bear.
(c) A pig.
(d) A mouse.

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

7. Whom does Granny tell that Esk needs to learn proper magic?
(a) Gulta.
(b) Smith.
(c) Esk.
(d) Gordo.

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

9. When Granny locks her cottage and takes Esk with her, what is the name of the nearby metropolis that they visit?
(a) Ankh Morph.
(b) Kailash.
(c) Ohulan Cutash.
(d) Discworld.

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

11. When Granny wakes up in her house, what does she find is too strong for her to locate Esk?
(a) Noise.
(b) Wolves' pack mind.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Pollution.

12. Who are the brothers that fetch Esk at her tree and take her to the witch's house in the first section of the book?
(a) Cern and Gulta.
(b) Louis and Mark.
(c) Sullivan and James.
(d) Smith and Holden.

13. When Granny talks about men to Esk, what does she tell Esk that men are all about?
(a) Ownership, power, and greed.
(b) Numbers, power, and "jommetry".
(c) Control, numbers, and facts.
(d) Facts, power, and revenge.

14. When Esk leaves the Skiller residence and wanders down to the docks, what does she board?
(a) A sailboat.
(b) A barge.
(c) A battleship.
(d) A steamboat.

15. Whom does Esk accompany and protect from being cheated?
(a) Amschat.
(b) Granny.
(c) Zemphis.
(d) Hilta.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Granny is able to restore Esk to her body, whom does she free that now holds a grudge?

2. Skiller laughs when Esk asks to drink what?

3. After Granny subdues Esk and brings her back home, what does she find and use the raw power of the staff to unravel?

4. Since Esk is eager to learn magic, what does Granny suggest that Esk should borrow the mind of?

5. What role did Granny assume when she "borrows" another's mind?

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