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

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

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

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

5. Who or what are attracted to people who dabble in magic and mysticism?
(a) Things.
(b) Grimoires.
(c) Granny and the Archchancellor.
(d) Simon and Esk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her dream, what does Esk see that seems to be hosting a party but she cannot enter through its gates?

2. What did Esk do because Simon got hurt that makes Granny angry with her?

3. Who is the Head Librarian that Esk bribes with bananas?

4. 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?

5. What does Esk find that turns out to be a less expensive and wider-ranging means of transportation than river barges?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the inhabitants of the Shades?

2. What does Granny transform herself into to deflect Cutangle's attacks?

3. What happens to the traveling caravan party three days after they leave Zemphis?

4. Who is Master Treatle and why is Adab Gander negotiating with him?

5. When Esk fights with the Things, what does she realize about their bodies?

6. What does Esk say that Cutangle finds fascinating and unprecedented but against the lore?

7. What do the dwarves offer to do for Granny, and what does she want instead?

8. What does Esk ask the man who is counting tobacco and what does he tell her?

9. Why does Granny tell Esk not to draw attention to herself through magic?

10. When the senior wizards arrive in the library, what do they think has happened to Simon, and what do they do about him?

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