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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Granny encounters hunters, what do they turn out to be?
(a) Magicians.
(b) Dwarves.
(c) Witches.
(d) Mechanics.

2. When Granny falls off her flying device, where does she end up?
(a) Church.
(b) Valley.
(c) Village.
(d) Bear trap.

3. Who protect caravans but are in lesser demand than wizards are?
(a) Horses.
(b) Camels.
(c) Swordsmen.
(d) Dogs.

4. What requires clarity of thought according to the Vice-Chancellor?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Peace.
(c) Decisions.
(d) Wizardry.

5. Which two of the following are one and the same?
(a) Sorcerers, wizards.
(b) Dwarves, women.
(c) Wizardry, high magic.
(d) Giants, killers.

6. Where does Granny notice the sound of hammers everywhere?
(a) Dwarf hall.
(b) Mechanical room.
(c) Underground cave.
(d) Hunter hideout.

7. When Adab Gander agrees to take the wizard's apprentice, what is the name of the gangling, pale boy who stutters and reads constantly?
(a) Simon.
(b) Gandar.
(c) Meerkat.
(d) Gulach.

8. What is a beacon to Shadow creatures who hate those who are alive?
(a) Things.
(b) Magic.
(c) Death.
(d) Potions.

9. When Esk examines entire worlds, what are they encased in?
(a) Pyramid, sphere, and a ten-sided block.
(b) Prism, sphere, and a ten-sided block.
(c) Octagon, pyramid, and prism.
(d) Rectangle, prism, and a pyramid.

10. When Esk feels a state of nothingness, what feeling does she know that she must hold on in order to return to her human state?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Loathing.
(d) Anger.

11. What is the self-assembled creature that Esk sees when she falls down in her magical state on the cold sand and sees Simon sitting in a circle?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Wild dog.
(c) Fierce bear.
(d) Chicken, warthog, moth, wolf, and unicorn.

12. What is slow and erratic and on which Granny experiences trouble when she tries to fly?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A carpet.
(c) An eagle.
(d) Hilta's broom.

13. What idea does Esk propose that the wizard's apprentice finds funny and curious?
(a) That cows can fly.
(b) That frogs have tails.
(c) That wizards are dwarves.
(d) That women could be wizards.

14. What do Granny and Esk climb aboard to take them to the University?
(a) A wagon.
(b) A caravan.
(c) A broomstick.
(d) A ship.

15. When Esk tries to move the staff, what does she do?
(a) She loses to new wizards.
(b) She changes Discworld in tiny ways.
(c) She fights bloody wars.
(d) She fails.

Short Answer Questions

1. After what event is Simon still not awake and lying in the infirmary?

2. What is the area inhabited by disreputable people who dabble in soft magic that Granny stays at?

3. Who or what appears often in Esk's dreams?

4. What does Esk realize that the bodies of the creatures attacking her are held together by?

5. Which gods no longer seem to have a strong influence over Esk?

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