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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Esk sits with the wizard's apprentice, what does she learn is the reason that the wizard chose him to be his apprentice?
(a) His height.
(b) His gender.
(c) His stutter.
(d) His grasp of magic theory.

2. Where does Granny notice the sound of hammers everywhere?
(a) Underground cave.
(b) Mechanical room.
(c) Hunter hideout.
(d) Dwarf hall.

3. What kind of book is Esk unsuccessful in finding in the library?
(a) One with big words.
(b) One with magic spells.
(c) Antique scrolls.
(d) One with happy rabbits and kittens on the cover.

4. What is a beacon to Shadow creatures who hate those who are alive?
(a) Death.
(b) Things.
(c) Potions.
(d) Magic.

5. What does Esk realize that the bodies of the creatures attacking her are held together by?
(a) Spider webs.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) Nails.
(d) Metal rods.

6. When Granny falls off her flying device, where does she end up?
(a) Bear trap.
(b) Valley.
(c) Church.
(d) Village.

7. When Esk finds a book similar to Simon's, what does she notice that is different about the book?
(a) It turns into a bird.
(b) It is old.
(c) It is heavy.
(d) The letters are ugly creatures doing evil things to one another.

8. What is slow and erratic and on which Granny experiences trouble when she tries to fly?
(a) A carpet.
(b) An eagle.
(c) Hilta's broom.
(d) A hawk.

9. When Adab Gander agrees to take the wizard's apprentice, what is the name of the gangling, pale boy who stutters and reads constantly?
(a) Gandar.
(b) Meerkat.
(c) Gulach.
(d) Simon.

10. When the books fly off the shelves in the library, what happens to the floor?
(a) It becomes a snake.
(b) It explodes.
(c) It turns to fine silver sand.
(d) It becomes a wet puddle.

11. What does Simon have that makes Esk uncomfortable?
(a) A book.
(b) A quill.
(c) A pen.
(d) A hammer.

12. What does Esk find that turns out to be a less expensive and wider-ranging means of transportation than river barges?
(a) Planes.
(b) Caravans.
(c) Broomsticks.
(d) Ships.

13. What does the creature who assumes Simon's form want from Esk?
(a) A pyramid.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her prism.
(d) Her loyalty.

14. When Esk feels a state of nothingness, what feeling does she know that she must hold on in order to return to her human state?
(a) Anger.
(b) Loathing.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

15. When the man Esk meets in the square tells her about caravans, what does she point out to him?
(a) That the caravans are slow.
(b) That she is tired.
(c) That he is short.
(d) That the bales are infected with worms.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Esk tries to enter Simon's room and cannot get the door open, what does she say to the student wizards?

2. What did Esk do because Simon got hurt that makes Granny angry with her?

3. When Esk examines entire worlds, what are they encased in?

4. What does Granny tell Esk that Simon is doing that is unprecedented in a wizard?

5. While a blurring force comes through and kills the creatures Gander is afraid of, what is Esk able to do?

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