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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 is the bowl of sugar for?

2. Which of the older witches was like Diamanda in their youth?

3. Why is the land fighting back against the elves?

4. Where do the people of Lancre run in times of trouble?

5. What are garderobes notorious for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Granny start leaving notes for herself?

2. What happens when the troll stops the wizard's carriage?

3. Where do the Morris Men go in search of peace and privacy?

4. What does Magrat discover when she checks on Diamanda?

5. Why does Magrat head to the Dancers instead of the mountains?

6. What has Diamanda done?

7. Why do Nanny and Casanunda go to the ancient burial ground known as the Long Man?

8. What does Nanny use as a bargaining tool?

9. What disrupts her moment of sentimentality?

10. Why does King Verence II want Shawn to learn martial arts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following characters and discuss how the narrative would be affected if they were left out.

1. Granny Weatherwax.

2. Nanny Ogg.

3. Magrat.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the narrative's setting. What is the impact of it being set in a magical world? Why does the author choose a magical realm as a setting? What might have been different in the book if it had been written in the past, future, or a realistic setting?

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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