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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Fifteen.

2. When Esk is frustrated with the Skillers, what does she realize about how magic works for her?
(a) It only works when she is not afraid.
(b) It only works when she is not thinking about it.
(c) It only works when she is not anxious.
(d) It only works when she is not angry.

3. According to Granny, what are male wizard minds all about?
(a) Power.
(b) Control.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Greed.

4. When Esk is flying, what ability does she start to lose?
(a) To hold onto memories.
(b) To know how to fly.
(c) To be a human.
(d) To speak.

5. When Granny wakes up in her house, what does she find is too strong for her to locate Esk?
(a) Wolves' pack mind.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Noise.
(d) Destruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the wizard who comes to ask about the blacksmith's eighth son?

2. What is headology?

3. Where does the Zoon family reach when Esk accompanies a Zoon family member to shore?

4. What is the name of the bearded man who reveals Esk's presence on the vessel?

5. Who seems very different from siblings and exhibits odd behavior at Granny's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Granny and Esk arrive in Ohulan Cutash, what do they see immediately in the marketplace and how do they both react?

2. What happens when Billet holds the staff over the baby? What does Granny propose to do with the staff and what happens to it?

3. How does Esk help the head of the Zoon family in Zemphis and what does she get in return?

4. What happens when Granny finds the eagle on a snowdrift?

5. Esk's use of the staff demonstrates something to Granny. What is that?

6. What is the practical course that Granny teaches Esk when Esk stays at her house?

7. What happens when Esk leaves Granny's house but does not reappear for a long time?

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

9. Where do they bury the wizard, and what comes up in his place?

10. Why does Granny have a stormy scene with the Smith family?

(see the answer keys)

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