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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. What does a small child tell Bill Door he looks like just after moving to Discworld?

2. Where do the wizards believe Windle Poons should be buried after he comes back undead?

3. What is the name of Miss Flitworth's long lost fiancé?

4. Where does Windle Poons retrieve some hidden money?

5. What is the name of the wolfman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the wizards try to attack Windle Poons after he comes back from the dead?

2. What does the gray robes that the wizards conjure tell them about Death?

3. What happens when Windle Poons goes into the Shades?

4. What happens when Bill Door sees a gray figure with his shattered lifetimer in the barn during a dream?

5. How do Windle's friends react after he comes back from the dead?

6. How is the nature of Lupine's character first described in the book?

7. How does the gardener, Modo, react when Windle Poons comes out of his grave?

8. How is Windle Poons' first Fresh Start Club meeting described?

9. How does Death find a job after taking of the persona of Bill Door?

10. What happens when one of the Auditors of Reality refers to himself as I at the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's portrayal of class in the book. How does the author portray the undead characters in the book as a lesser class than humans, wizards and other characters and what deeper meaning might he wish for you to gain from this presentation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's portrayal of money in the book. What might the author be saying about the nature of money based on Miss Flitworth's vast and wasted fortune seen at the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the portrayal of the concept of dreams in the book. How does the author use Bill Door's dream about his death to foreshadow and carry the story along, and what purpose might he have for doing this?

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