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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Close to the Edge, pp. 192-204.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the animal-like thing that is accompanying the two horse riders away from the burning cities?
(a) A walking box.
(b) A piece of luggage with legs.
(c) A scrawny wolf.
(d) A singing instrument case.

2. What happens to the slave ship after Twoflower and Rincewind escape from it?
(a) It is retrofitted and returns to service.
(b) It limps back to Krull for repairs.
(c) If falls into the sea at the Gorunna Trench.
(d) It is caught in the Circumfence.

3. What is the Soul Eater's number?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

4. What is one magical quality about a needle made from octiron?
(a) It never misses a stitch.
(b) It mends shirts without a trace.
(c) It never runs out of thread.
(d) It magically darns the owner's socks.

5. As Chapter Four opens, Rincewind and Twoflower are bailing out water from their boat. Where have the two men just escaped from?
(a) The alternate universe.
(b) A pirate ship.
(c) A slave ship.
(d) A downed plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is octiron?

2. Why does Liartes' dragon disappear during the mortal combat?

3. How does Rincewind learn that the area he is entering on the back of a dragon is full of magic?

4. When Twoflower and Rincewind leave the Edge, they leave Tethis behind. How does Tethis end up in Krull?

5. Why does Zlorf refuse to answer Ymor's question regarding who hired Zlorf?

(see the answer key)

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