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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pratchett describe that normally prevents wolves from eating humans in the first section of the book?

2. Whom does Esk accompany and protect from being cheated?

3. At night, while Granny rests, Esk wanders through the city. Where does she end up?

4. When Mrs. Skiller puts her to bed, Esk cannot fall asleep until she holds what in her hands?

5. What did Granny do in her youth that she found more difficult to do as she got older?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Granny dread asking the staff for help?

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

3. When Esk asks why Granny does not use magic to light a fire, what does Granny say?

4. When Esk back talks to her father as a little girl, what happens?

5. Describe how Discworld is different from other planets.

6. How does Esk help the head of the Zoon family in Zemphis and what does she get in return?

7. Esk's use of the staff demonstrates something to Granny. What is that?

8. What is the practical course that Granny teaches Esk when Esk stays at her house?

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

10. What happens when Billet holds the staff over the baby? What does Granny propose to do with the staff and what happens to it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Esk and Granny.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Esk has a direct influence upon? What are some events that Granny had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 2

Whom do you think is the strongest character portrayed in "Equal Rites"? Why? Explain your opinion with examples drawn from the book.

Essay Topic 3

How does Terry Pratchett describe the Things? What do you find attractive or repulsive about the Things? What does Esk learn when she interacts with the Things? What makes them attracted to her? What repels them? Can she control them or not? Describe.

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