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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 do Granny and Esk climb aboard to take them to the University?
(a) A broomstick.
(b) A ship.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A caravan.

2. Which gods no longer seem to have a strong influence over Esk?
(a) Demigods.
(b) Gods of the lower stratosphere.
(c) Gods of the Necrotelicomnicon.
(d) Gods of the first Awakening.

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

4. What is the self-assembled creature that Esk sees when she falls down in her magical state on the cold sand and sees Simon sitting in a circle?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Chicken, warthog, moth, wolf, and unicorn.
(c) Wild dog.
(d) Fierce bear.

5. What did Esk do because Simon got hurt that makes Granny angry with her?
(a) She conjured up spirits.
(b) She threw the staff into the river for trying to kill Simon.
(c) She slept outside.
(d) She danced with enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Simon call up that the staff saved Esk from?

2. What does Esk realize that the bodies of the creatures attacking her are held together by?

3. What flows gently rather than appearing dramatically as on spherical planets?

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

5. What does Granny tell Esk that Simon is doing that is unprecedented in a wizard?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Granny enters the Great Hall and approaches Cutangle, what does he do?

2. What happens to Esk when she becomes the mind of the stones of the University?

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

4. Who is traveling with Master Treatle?

5. Why does Esk get angry with Simon and Master Treatle?

6. What happens in the library involving Simon?

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

8. How is the wizard apprentice process different in Esk and Simon's time from previously?

9. How does Esk enter the library and what does she notice that is different?

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

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