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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is headology?
(a) The worship of heads.
(b) The study of heads.
(c) When people see the hat and cloak, they assume her magic will work.
(d) Wearing scarves around the head.

2. When Skiller asks Esk to turn the taps into beer, what does she turn the liquid flowing from the beer tap into?
(a) Hefeweisen.
(b) Mulled cider.
(c) Wine.
(d) Peach brandy.

3. When Esk falls asleep after drinking herbal tea, Granny finds an owl and enters its mind. Where does she fly to?
(a) The Smith orchard.
(b) Back in time.
(c) Ankh-Morph.
(d) Outer space.

4. Since the blacksmith's sons do not see any footprints outside the witch's house, what are they convinced that the witch can do?
(a) Change into animals.
(b) Move through time.
(c) Erase footprints.
(d) Move her house.

5. Whom does Granny tell that Esk needs to learn proper magic?
(a) Smith.
(b) Gulta.
(c) Esk.
(d) Gordo.

6. When Granny locks her cottage and takes Esk with her, what is the name of the nearby metropolis that they visit?
(a) Ankh Morph.
(b) Discworld.
(c) Ohulan Cutash.
(d) Kailash.

7. When Granny talks about men to Esk, what does she tell Esk that men are all about?
(a) Control, numbers, and facts.
(b) Facts, power, and revenge.
(c) Ownership, power, and greed.
(d) Numbers, power, and "jommetry".

8. When you enter a creature's mind, what is difficult upon exiting?
(a) Restoring one's human balance.
(b) Accepting death.
(c) Changing form.
(d) Wanting to come back.

9. What role did Granny assume when she "borrows" another's mind?
(a) That of an evil medium doing a midnight séance.
(b) That of a crow.
(c) That of a predator swooping down on prey.
(d) That of a magician.

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

11. What does the Zoon family agree to keep Esk on board in return for?
(a) Doing magic.
(b) Teaching them alchemy.
(c) Doing chores.
(d) Teaching them how to control the minds of animals.

12. Granny calms Esk who is panicking. What is the vital lesson that Esk has learned?
(a) Flying.
(b) Having a strong mind.
(c) Going beyond Borrowing to becoming.
(d) Becoming stronger.

13. Whom does Granny write a letter to at the Unseen University?
(a) Mrs. Winthrop.
(b) Sorcerer.
(c) Head Wizard.
(d) Duke.

14. What is the name of the bearded man who reveals Esk's presence on the vessel?
(a) Amschat B'hal Zoon.
(b) Ankh Morpork.
(c) Disc Man.
(d) Archchancellor.

15. Skiller laughs when Esk asks to drink what?
(a) Beer.
(b) Water.
(c) Goat milk.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What arcs from Esk's fingertips, flares in the hearth, melts the ironware, and burrows into the hearthstone?

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

4. When Granny tells the Smith family about Esk going to the Unseen University, what does Esk do?

5. When Esk is frustrated with the Skillers, what does she realize about how magic works for her?

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