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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Esk sees old wizards strolling, young wizards scuttling with books, and notices the air tastes of tin, what does she feel?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Happy.
(c) Magic's harnessed power.
(d) Nervous.

2. While a blurring force comes through and kills the creatures Gander is afraid of, what is Esk able to do?
(a) Spell.
(b) Fight.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sleep.

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

4. After Esk tries to move the staff, reality rebounds like a sloshing pond. In what does reality cause more changes and tiny whirlpools?
(a) The time portal.
(b) A wizard panel.
(c) The fabric of existence.
(d) A river.

5. What flows gently rather than appearing dramatically as on spherical planets?
(a) Magic.
(b) Light.
(c) Sound.
(d) Water.

6. What is a manual for invoking the spirits of the dead?
(a) Demigod.
(b) Necrotelicomnicon.
(c) Book of the Yellowing Pages.
(d) Esk.

7. What is Granny afraid will not work when the sun rises and prevent her plan of helping Esk?
(a) Magic.
(b) The broomstick.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Her spells.

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

9. When Esk finds a book similar to Simon's, what does she notice that is different about the book?
(a) It is old.
(b) It turns into a bird.
(c) The letters are ugly creatures doing evil things to one another.
(d) It is heavy.

10. When Esk leaves the Zoon family and wanders into town, what does she hope will happen so that the staff will appear in her hand?
(a) She wants the world to change how it works.
(b) She wants her magic to work.
(c) She wants to win the magician lottery.
(d) She wants the staff to disobey the Zoon family.

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

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

13. Who is the Head Librarian that Esk bribes with bananas?
(a) An older woman.
(b) A grumpy old man.
(c) A small boy.
(d) An orangutan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Esk asks Adab to take her with them and he refuses, what does she ask him to do?

3. What requires clarity of thought according to the Vice-Chancellor?

4. What does Master Treatle expound on that is used by wizards to give people whatever they want?

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

(see the answer keys)

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