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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 Esk tries to move the staff, what does she do?

2. What is the building whose big black gates appear to be made of solid darkness?

3. What is a beacon to Shadow creatures who hate those who are alive?

4. When Esk leaves the Zoon family and wanders into town, what does she hope will happen so that the staff will appear in her hand?

5. When Esk quotes Granny on warlocks and wizards, what is she pleasantly surprised to learn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the dwarves offer to do for Granny, and what does she want instead?

2. What is the nightmare that Esk has about the Strange Things when Granny finds her?

3. How does Granny enter the University and what does she find?

4. How does Esk enter the library and what does she notice that is different?

5. What does Esk say that Cutangle finds fascinating and unprecedented but against the lore?

6. When Esk fights with the Things, what does she realize about their bodies?

7. How is the wizard apprentice process different in Esk and Simon's time from previously?

8. Who are the inhabitants of the Shades?

9. What does Esk ask the man who is counting tobacco and what does he tell her?

10. Who is in charge of the laundry operations and where does this person live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granny tells Esk about "headology." What is headology? How is it practiced? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

Gender is an issue that is frequently debated, discussed, and described in this book. How is gender portrayed through the characters of Esk, Granny, Cutangle, Mr. Treatle, Simon, and Mrs. Whitlow? What stereotypes or cultural or societal views are reinforced, questioned, or rejected? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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