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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 is the only mind that Granny says that she can work with to influence?
(a) Sentient.
(b) Broken.
(c) Animal.
(d) Human.

2. When Esk quotes Granny on warlocks and wizards, what is she pleasantly surprised to learn?
(a) Hilta fights back.
(b) Treatle has great respect for witches.
(c) Simon does not laugh.
(d) The dwarves look suspicious.

3. 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) Gulach.
(c) Meerkat.
(d) Simon.

4. Who protect caravans but are in lesser demand than wizards are?
(a) Horses.
(b) Camels.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Swordsmen.

5. What is Granny afraid will not work when the sun rises and prevent her plan of helping Esk?
(a) Her spells.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Magic.
(d) The broomstick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which gods no longer seem to have a strong influence over Esk?

2. What idea does Esk propose that the wizard's apprentice finds funny and curious?

3. 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?

4. When Esk leaves the Zoon family and wanders into town, what does she hope will happen so that the staff will appear in her hand?

5. When the books fly off the shelves in the library, what happens to the floor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. How does Granny enter the University and what does she find?

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

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

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

10. What happens when Treatle's caravan arrives?

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