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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of book is Esk unsuccessful in finding in the library?
(a) One with big words.
(b) One with happy rabbits and kittens on the cover.
(c) One with magic spells.
(d) Antique scrolls.

2. What does Esk believe is about words and names?
(a) Wizardry.
(b) Books.
(c) Life experiences.
(d) Tests.

3. Who or what are attracted to people who dabble in magic and mysticism?
(a) Things.
(b) Grimoires.
(c) Granny and the Archchancellor.
(d) Simon and Esk.

4. What does Esk realize that the bodies of the creatures attacking her are held together by?
(a) Metal rods.
(b) Spider webs.
(c) Nails.
(d) Wishful thinking.

5. When Esk quotes Granny on warlocks and wizards, what is she pleasantly surprised to learn?
(a) The dwarves look suspicious.
(b) Simon does not laugh.
(c) Treatle has great respect for witches.
(d) Hilta fights back.

6. What does Master Treatle expound on that is used by wizards to give people whatever they want?
(a) Wishing well.
(b) High magic.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Magic potion.

7. What plays an important role in the great battle in the library of Unseen University that occurs later in the novel?
(a) Dancers.
(b) Wild spirits.
(c) Grimoires.
(d) Hunters.

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

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

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

11. What is the area inhabited by disreputable people who dabble in soft magic that Granny stays at?
(a) Pine Hill.
(b) Underground Lair.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) The Shades.

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

13. What is the building whose big black gates appear to be made of solid darkness?
(a) Murwa.
(b) Unseen University.
(c) Discworld.
(d) Ankh Morph.

14. Who are the city people that are friendly and have guests every night that Esk notices?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Whitlows.
(c) The Palms.
(d) The Zoons.

15. While Esk is in the bustling square of the town, she pulls on the hem of a man's clothing. What is the man counting?
(a) Bales of tobacco.
(b) Lazy women.
(c) Chess pieces.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only mind that Granny says that she can work with to influence?

2. When Esk finds a book similar to Simon's, what does she notice that is different about the book?

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

4. 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?

5. What did Simon call up that the staff saved Esk from?

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