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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. 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?

2. What view does Granny enjoy seeing when she explores high peaks?

3. When Esk leaves the Skiller residence and wanders down to the docks, what does she board?

4. When the fortune-teller reads Esk's palm, what does the fortune-teller see that Esk will have?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Esk and her two brothers go to Granny's house, what do they notice around her house?

2. When Esk back talks to her father as a little girl, what happens?

3. What does the wizard Billet come into the town of Bad Ass for and what does he find?

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

5. Why does Granny enter the bee "hivemind?"

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

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

8. What does Hilta see in Esk's palm and what does she advise?

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

10. When Esk becomes anxious to learn magic, what does Granny suggest that she do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The point of view of "Equal Rites" is the third-person and omniscient narrator. However, at times the point of view appears quite opinionated and has bits of first-person dialogue. Identify 3-5 examples in the text where the author changes the point of view. How does this make for an enjoyable and lively reading? What information does the author pack into descriptions, that offers perspective on the protagonist's journey and the environment as a whole? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the discussion about witches that appears throughout the book. What is a witch according to Granny? What is a witch according to Cutangle? How does this definition change with the arrival of Esk? What are witches traditionally associated with?

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