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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. When Granny is able to restore Esk to her body, whom does she free that now holds a grudge?
2. When Esk waits for Granny's "mindshape" to leave, what does she do?
3. When Granny and Smith bury the wizard in the family orchard, what grows in his place?
4. When Granny gets back to her house, she finds that the staff has returned and thrusts it into the fireplace. However, what gets destroyed while the staff remains unmarked?
5. Who finds the key in the privy, enabling the blacksmith's three children to enter the house and go to Granny who is in bed with the window open?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Esk back talks to her father as a little girl, what happens?
2. Esk's use of the staff demonstrates something to Granny. What is that?
3. What does Granny decide to do after she realizes that Esk is different from other witches and wizards she knows?
4. What does Hilta see in Esk's palm and what does she advise?
5. When Esk and her two brothers go to Granny's house, what do they notice around her house?
6. What happens when Granny finds the eagle on a snowdrift?
7. Where do they bury the wizard, and what comes up in his place?
8. Where does Esk go at night in Ohulan Cutash and what does she ask to drink?
9. What is the practical course that Granny teaches Esk when Esk stays at her house?
10. Describe Hilta Goatfounder.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of taking an ethereal journey versus just a physical one? How does this affect Esk?
Part 1) What is the difference in the journeys of Esk compared to those of Simon?
Part 2) Describe Esk's experience on her second trip and how it varies greatly from her first Becoming. What fears has she conquered?
Part 3) Does Esk or Simon gain more knowledge and understanding from their journeys? Why?
Essay Topic 2
When Esk goes to the university, she is not immediately accepted because wizards are male. She faces institutionalized discrimination. What is institutionalized discrimination? How is it portrayed in "Equal Rites"? How does the author Terry Pratchett lampoon the institution of higher learning? Describe.
Essay Topic 3
How does Terry Pratchett describe the Things? What do you find attractive or repulsive about the Things? What does Esk learn when she interacts with the Things? What makes them attracted to her? What repels them? Can she control them or not? Describe.
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