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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 was there in the beginning?

2. What can a human outrun over short distances?

3. What is Jason Ogg's special skill?

4. Who chose Granny Weatherwax to become a witch?

5. What does Granny Weatherwax never do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Magrat renounce her witchery?

2. What is Magrat unsure about as she returns to Lancre?

3. What motivates Granny to attend to her will?

4. Why is Jason Ogg visited that windy night?

5. What prevents the elves carrying out the execution?

6. Why does Granny ruin Nanny's hat?

7. What does Magrat do with her old witching gear?

8. What happens when Magrat goes to see Verence?

9. What does Granny suspect about Diamanda?

10. What news is presented to the elf queen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Magrat is petulant? Why or why not? How does her petulance or lack of it impact her relationships with the other characters?

Essay Topic 2

The story is written in the third person in mainly a chronological order with occasional flashbacks or character anecdotes to flesh out the past. Why do you think Pratchett chose to write the story this way? How do you think the story would have changed if it had only been written from a first person perspective?

Essay Topic 3

How does Pratchett depict witches in the book? How does today's society perceive witchery? Do you think that Pratchett's depiction of witches is in any way based on real history? To what extent has he changed the well known stereotype of a witch character?

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