View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 211-245.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator explain is building up in the world in the absence of death?
(a) Life.
(b) Energy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Excitement.

2. Which of the following things does Windle NOT find mysteriously appearing at his house when he goes to retrieve some money?
(a) A metal wheel.
(b) Bags of candy.
(c) Snowglobes.
(d) A broken sphere.

3. Who is Bill Door able to accurately describe to Miss Flitworth that surprises her?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

4. Who is customarily present at the death of a wizard, but was not when the wizard was dying?
(a) The Bursar.
(b) The Dean.
(c) Death.
(d) The Patrician.

5. How long is Mrs. Cake's precognition that she turns off in the book?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 10 seconds.
(c) 20 seconds.
(d) 1 minute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the person performing a séance summon during the ceremony?

2. What does Bill Door try and amuse townsfolk with his poor skills in?

3. What is the name of a small piece of Bill Door's former self, incarnated for the reaping of rat souls?

4. What does Bill Door see in a dream after leaving Miss Flitworth's parlor for tea?

5. What does Miss Flitworth do when Bill Door hesitates to help a little girl in a fire?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 231 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample