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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since her first Borrowing experience, what kind of dream has Esk gotten used to?
(a) Short.
(b) Vivid and frightening dreams.
(c) Long.
(d) Inspiring.

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

3. When Esk enters the vehicle, what does she find Simon doing?
(a) Complaining.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Reading and jotting down notes.
(d) Dancing.

4. What land is rich in magic and has powerful light?
(a) Zemphis.
(b) Discworld.
(c) Ankh-Morpork.
(d) Discworld.

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

6. 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) Anger.
(b) Loathing.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who cannot remember the library ever being cleaned but allows Esk to do it?
(a) Archbishop.
(b) Simon.
(c) Whitlow.
(d) Granny.

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

14. 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.

15. After what event is Simon still not awake and lying in the infirmary?
(a) Being hit by a shelf.
(b) Fainting.
(c) Falling off a cliff.
(d) Fighting the trolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Adab Gander agrees to take the wizard's apprentice, what is the name of the gangling, pale boy who stutters and reads constantly?

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

3. What is slow and erratic and on which Granny experiences trouble when she tries to fly?

4. Where does Esk lead Granny to see Cutangle at dinner?

5. What creature picks up Esk in her dream in its talons, carrying her and dropping her as it screeches?

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