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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Granny that she must take Esk to University and denies that women cannot be wizards?
(a) The dead wolf.
(b) The apple tree.
(c) The sorcerer.
(d) The blacksmith.

2. What arcs from Esk's fingertips, flares in the hearth, melts the ironware, and burrows into the hearthstone?
(a) Lightning.
(b) It arcs from Granny's fingertips.
(c) Fire.
(d) A blue light.

3. What is unresponsive until Granny says "please" and then waits for her to climb on board?
(a) The staff.
(b) The eagle.
(c) A lone wolf.
(d) The carpet.

4. Where does the bearded man tell Esk that they are traveling through?
(a) Land of Dreams.
(b) Forbidden Caves.
(c) Forgotten Language Hill.
(d) Upper Valley of the River Ankh.

5. Where is Granny able to figure out that Esk is headed towards?
(a) Land of Dreams.
(b) Palace of Tears.
(c) Ankh Morph.
(d) University.

6. Since Esk is eager to learn magic, what does Granny suggest that Esk should borrow the mind of?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A tree.
(c) A wolf.
(d) An owl.

7. What can the eighth son of an eighth son become?
(a) A duke.
(b) A lord.
(c) A wizard.
(d) A dancer.

8. When Granny Weatherwax appears to have died in her bed, what do the Smith boys do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Run for help.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Try to wake her up.

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

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

11. What does the visiting wizard at the beginning of the book see before he dies?
(a) That the newborn is a screamer.
(b) That the newborn is crippled.
(c) That the newborn is a boy.
(d) That the newborn is a girl.

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

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

14. What did Granny do in her youth that she found more difficult to do as she got older?
(a) Change into a serpent.
(b) Become a wolf.
(c) Enter the minds of animals.
(d) Enter a tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is the name of the bearded man who reveals Esk's presence on the vessel?

4. Skiller laughs when Esk asks to drink what?

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

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