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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did Granny assume when she "borrows" another's mind?
(a) That of an evil medium doing a midnight séance.
(b) That of a predator swooping down on prey.
(c) That of a magician.
(d) That of a crow.

2. Since the blacksmith's sons do not see any footprints outside the witch's house, what are they convinced that the witch can do?
(a) Move her house.
(b) Move through time.
(c) Erase footprints.
(d) Change into animals.

3. When Mrs. Skiller puts her to bed, Esk cannot fall asleep until she holds what in her hands?
(a) An elfish glove.
(b) The staff.
(c) The night wand.
(d) The sorcerer's hat.

4. Unfortunately, when Esk finally falls asleep on the boat by the dock, what does it do?
(a) Grow.
(b) Break.
(c) Heave.
(d) Move down river.

5. Who tells Granny that she must take Esk to University and denies that women cannot be wizards?
(a) The apple tree.
(b) The dead wolf.
(c) The blacksmith.
(d) The sorcerer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Granny asks Esk to fetch her witchcraft, what does she say Esk must know, without which there is no point to teaching her witchcraft?

2. When Esk waits for Granny's "mindshape" to leave, what does she do?

3. What is Granny adamant about concerning male and female magic?

4. Who are the brothers that fetch Esk at her tree and take her to the witch's house in the first section of the book?

5. When Esk is flying, what ability does she start to lose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "headology?"

2. Esk's use of the staff demonstrates something to Granny. What is that?

3. Describe Hilta Goatfounder.

4. When Granny turns into an owl and flies to the orchard to talk to the apple tree, what does the tree tell her?

5. What does Hilta see in Esk's palm and what does she advise?

6. What happens when Esk escapes from the Skillers?

7. What is the practical course that Granny teaches Esk when Esk stays at her house?

8. Why does Granny enter the bee "hivemind?"

9. Describe how Discworld is different from other planets.

10. Where does Esk go at night in Ohulan Cutash and what does she ask to drink?

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