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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal Rites, pgs. 1-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of books does Granny like?
(a) Books with pictures.
(b) Glossy hardcover books that you rest your coffee on.
(c) Thin books to read in out houses.
(d) Paperback books you can throw away.

2. What did Granny do in her youth that she found more difficult to do as she got older?
(a) Enter a tree.
(b) Become a wolf.
(c) Change into a serpent.
(d) Enter the minds of animals.

3. What is the eighth child of the eighth son of the blacksmith called?
(a) Smith.
(b) Moses.
(c) Weatherwax.
(d) Eskarina.

4. Who tells Granny that she must take Esk to University and denies that women cannot be wizards?
(a) The blacksmith.
(b) The sorcerer.
(c) The apple tree.
(d) The dead wolf.

5. What or who kills the wolves in the woods surrounding Granny Weatherwax's house?
(a) A flying staff.
(b) Smith.
(c) Gulta.
(d) Esk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the brothers that fetch Esk at her tree and take her to the witch's house in the first section of the book?

2. What can the eighth son of an eighth son become?

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

4. When Esk back talks, what does her father do that causes a series of odd happenings and frayed nerves?

5. How old is the eighth child of the blacksmith when Mrs. Smith worries about Granny in the winter and wants the children to check on the old witch?

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