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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Esk do because Simon got hurt that makes Granny angry with her?
(a) She danced with enemies.
(b) She threw the staff into the river for trying to kill Simon.
(c) She slept outside.
(d) She conjured up spirits.

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

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?
(a) Loathing.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

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

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

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

8. What does Simon have that makes Esk uncomfortable?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A quill.
(c) A book.
(d) A pen.

9. Who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University?
(a) Esk.
(b) Simon.
(c) Treatle.
(d) Granny.

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

11. When Simon gets excited, what becomes worse?
(a) His wizard skills.
(b) His moods.
(c) His reading.
(d) His stutter.

12. When blinding blue light floods Simon's room, what does Esk's hair look like?
(a) Dandelions.
(b) Moss.
(c) Spider's web.
(d) Dirt.

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

14. How does Esk become the University building?
(a) She merges with it.
(b) She feels the mind of stones.
(c) She makes herself into a giant.
(d) She eats it.

15. When the books fly off the shelves in the library, what happens to the floor?
(a) It becomes a wet puddle.
(b) It explodes.
(c) It becomes a snake.
(d) It turns to fine silver sand.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. When Granny encounters hunters, what do they turn out to be?

5. Since her first Borrowing experience, what kind of dream has Esk gotten used to?

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