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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. Where does Death convene with the Auditors after taking back his role?

2. Who retrieves a black disc from the ceiling?

3. What does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth that borrowed time is when he tells her he is also living on it?

4. What room does Windle Poons break into at the Unseen University?

5. What is the name of the town blacksmith?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the inside of the pyramid described when Windle Poons and the others first enter it?

2. How do the wizards react when the trolleys begin increasing in number?

3. What does Miss Flitworth do when Death reveals she is dead?

4. What does Windle Poons decide about what it means for a city to be alive?

5. What is the nature of Bill Door's request for Ned Simnel to destroy his scythe?

6. How does Schleppel help people escape the pink tubing in the book?

7. What does Windle Poons say he has learned about himself after dying at the end of the book?

8. What is the nature of the leaflets Windle Poons finds coming from the top of the pyramid?

9. How is Death's meeting with the Auditors atop a mountain described?

10. How does Miss Flitworth learn that Bill Door is really Death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After experiencing the life of the undead, Windle Poons realizes what it means to truly live. Part 1.) What might the author be saying about many people's tendency to take life for granted based on Windle's experience in the book? Part 2.) What impact does living life as Bill Door have on Death's desire to have a life outside of his persona? Part 3.) What appears to be the author's overall message regarding the important things in life?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the nature of the persona of Bill Door that is portrayed in the book. Part 1.) What does Death becoming Bill Door allow him to learn about the nature of the world that he wasn't able to grasp as the persona of Death? Part 2.) How did this persona allow him to grow as a person?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the wizards' attempts at solving the pyramid crisis with Windle and his groups'. How has Windle's point of view and ability to problem solve change after becoming undead in comparison to his former wizard friends, and what factors can be credited for this change?

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