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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 arcs from Esk's fingertips, flares in the hearth, melts the ironware, and burrows into the hearthstone?
(a) Fire.
(b) It arcs from Granny's fingertips.
(c) Lightning.
(d) A blue light.

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

3. Esk finds out that most wizards are old, powerful, rare, bearded men. What does she find out about witches?
(a) They are both men and women.
(b) They are young, sweet, and demure.
(c) They are young, beautiful, and vibrant.
(d) They are old, suspicious, homely, sometimes bearded, and all women.

4. When Esk is in the body of the animal, what does she dream about?
(a) Living forever.
(b) Dying.
(c) Falling out of the sky.
(d) Big creatures and stars.

5. What view does Granny enjoy seeing when she explores high peaks?
(a) Smith's farm.
(b) Village of Ankh-Morph.
(c) Valleys.
(d) Rim Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the visiting wizard at the beginning of the book see before he dies?

2. What does Granny enter to get all the drones searching for Esk?

3. When Granny locks her cottage and takes Esk with her, what is the name of the nearby metropolis that they visit?

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

5. What reason does Granny oppose using books for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do they bury the wizard, and what comes up in his place?

2. What happens when Esk leaves Granny's house but does not reappear for a long time?

3. Describe how Discworld is different from other planets.

4. What does Granny decide to do after she realizes that Esk is different from other witches and wizards she knows?

5. What does Esk do when Skiller does not give her what she wants to drink?

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

7. Describe Hilta Goatfounder.

8. What does the wizard Billet come into the town of Bad Ass for and what does he find?

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

10. What is "headology?"

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