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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 idea does Esk propose that the wizard's apprentice finds funny and curious?
(a) That frogs have tails.
(b) That wizards are dwarves.
(c) That cows can fly.
(d) That women could be wizards.

2. When Adab Gander agrees to take the wizard's apprentice, what is the name of the gangling, pale boy who stutters and reads constantly?
(a) Gandar.
(b) Simon.
(c) Meerkat.
(d) Gulach.

3. What creature picks up Esk in her dream in its talons, carrying her and dropping her as it screeches?
(a) The thing with the face of a drowned rabbit.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A dinosaur.
(d) An eagle.

4. What does Granny transform into upon interacting with Cutangle?
(a) A wind, a storm, a sun, and a moon.
(b) A snake.
(c) A basket, an icy wind, a tar pit, and a tufted hood.
(d) A shining jewel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the man Esk meets in the square tells her about caravans, what does she point out to him?

2. Where does Granny notice the sound of hammers everywhere?

3. What does Esk believe is about words and names?

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

5. When Simon gets excited, what becomes worse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Granny pretend to do for the person in charge of the laundry operations?

2. What is the nightmare that Esk has about the Strange Things when Granny finds her?

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

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

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

6. What happens when Treatle's caravan arrives?

7. Who are the inhabitants of the Shades?

8. What happens to Granny when she travels to find Esk?

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

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

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