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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esk find that turns out to be a less expensive and wider-ranging means of transportation than river barges?
(a) Planes.
(b) Broomsticks.
(c) Caravans.
(d) Ships.

2. When Esk sits with the wizard's apprentice, what does she learn is the reason that the wizard chose him to be his apprentice?
(a) His grasp of magic theory.
(b) His stutter.
(c) His height.
(d) His gender.

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

4. Which gods no longer seem to have a strong influence over Esk?
(a) Demigods.
(b) Gods of the lower stratosphere.
(c) Gods of the Necrotelicomnicon.
(d) Gods of the first Awakening.

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

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

7. When Simon appears in the library, what does he warn Esk about books?
(a) That they prevent you from practicing magic.
(b) That they are addictive.
(c) That they take forever to read.
(d) That they can be aggressive.

8. What are the nasty creatures that threaten to kill Gander's traveling caravan?
(a) Gnolls.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Dwarves.
(d) Trolls.

9. What arrives in front of Esk and Granny from which a wizard appears, recognizes Esk, and offers to accompany Esk and Granny to their destination?
(a) A flying car.
(b) Gander caravan.
(c) Treatle's wagon.
(d) Governor's mule.

10. What does the creature who assumes Simon's form want from Esk?
(a) Her loyalty.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her prism.
(d) A pyramid.

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) Fierce bear.
(c) Wild dog.
(d) Chicken, warthog, moth, wolf, and unicorn.

12. Who is the wizard that Adab Gander, a caravan leader, negotiates with to travel with them?
(a) Simon.
(b) Master Treatle.
(c) Esk.
(d) Granny.

13. When Esk tries to enter Simon's room and cannot get the door open, what does she say to the student wizards?
(a) "Do your magic!"
(b) "Open it!"
(c) "Cast a spell!"
(d) "Bloody well wizz!"

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

15. What is the only mind that Granny says that she can work with to influence?
(a) Human.
(b) Broken.
(c) Animal.
(d) Sentient.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Esk tries to move the staff, what does she do?

2. What is Granny afraid will not work when the sun rises and prevent her plan of helping Esk?

3. When Esk quotes Granny on warlocks and wizards, what is she pleasantly surprised to learn?

4. After Esk tries to move the staff, reality rebounds like a sloshing pond. In what does reality cause more changes and tiny whirlpools?

5. When Esk sees old wizards strolling, young wizards scuttling with books, and notices the air tastes of tin, what does she feel?

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