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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. What does Death say it will be when the Great A'Tuin dies?
(a) A challenge.
(b) The end of humanity.
(c) The beginning of the end.
(d) A sad day.

2. What would the monks yell when someone got close to their holy temple?
(a) Keep the bloody noise down.
(b) We don't want whatever you are selling.
(c) Call out various names.
(d) Remove your shoes... they make too much noise.

3. How are men that are reannual growers described?
(a) Serious men who closely examine the calendar.
(b) Loving men who talk to the plants.
(c) Strong men that consult the stars.
(d) Imaginary.

4. What does the 103-year-old woman comment on when Mort arrives to take her?
(a) How much weight he has gained.
(b) What a polite young man he is.
(c) How pale Mort is.
(d) How very nice it is to be done with her old body.

5. Why does the witch, Goodie Hamstring, explain that Death doesn't like magical people?
(a) They try to avoid Death.
(b) They smell funny.
(c) They have control over Death.
(d) They give him a hard time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Death explain that people don't seem to see him?

2. What does Death say is the reason that the King doesn't feel sad?

3. Where does Mort go on his day off?

4. Who tells Mort to be impressed by the wizard?

5. What does Mort see when he looks in Death's empty eye sockets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the difficulty that Keli soon finds that she is having?

2. Why does Lezek decide to take his son to town to become an apprentice?

3. What does Death explain to Mort about interfering in the natural course of events?

4. What happens when Mort walks in the Shades in Ankh-Morpork?

5. Describe what Mort and Ysabell tell each other on the way to the pond.

6. Explain what Mort does once he has arrived at Sto Lat.

7. What does Death explain about the way he is perceived by people?

8. What does Death's house look like?

9. Describe what is going through Mort's mind when he first wakes up in Death's home.

10. Describe the relationship between Albert and Death as seen by Mort?

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