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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. When Twoflower and Rincewind are led from the vessel, they are taken into an ornate palace. Who do the two men meet at the palace?
(a) Luggage.
(b) Krulliver.
(c) Destiny.
(d) Garhartra.

2. What are the pilots of the vessel about to be launched called?
(a) Cosmonauts.
(b) Astronauts.
(c) Echnognauts.
(d) Chelonauts.

3. As the ship begins to move down the rails for launch, how do the original pilots try to derail the ship?
(a) They blow up a section of the tracks.
(b) They try to slow the ship's momentum.
(c) They remove sections of the tracks.
(d) They throw lumber onto the tracks.

4. As Rincewind hangs from the cavern's ceiling during the mortal combat fight, Rincewind has a vision. Who is in his vision?
(a) Io.
(b) Twoflower.
(c) Death.
(d) Fate.

5. Why is Rincewind skeptical about riding the dragon to Wyrmberg?
(a) Because Rincewind can read the dragon's mind.
(b) Because Rincewind doesn't trust the dragon rider.
(c) Because Rincewind doesn't believe in dragons.
(d) Because Rincewind can see right through the dragon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the favorite goddess of gamblers?

2. After picking Twoflower and Rincewind from the Edge, where is the vessel taking then?

3. When Rincewind asks Death what the true cause of Rincewind's death will be, how does Death respond?

4. As Death sits in his garden sharpening his scythe, who pays Death a visit?

5. In the alternate universe, what is Twoflower's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the dragons Twoflower sees in Wyrmberg different from the dragons that Twoflower imagined as a child?

2. What is the hooded figure's reply when Rincewind mocks him as Twoflower and Rincewind are boarding the vessel?

3. As Death sits in his garden sharpening his scythe, why does Death no longer feel the need to chase Rincewind and Twoflower?

4. Why does the city of Krull have a very nautical feel to it?

5. How does the troll at the Edge of Discworld furnish his home and obtain most of his belongings?

6. Why do Rincewind and Twoflower seek refuge on the ship in Chapter 4?

7. What happens when Hrun tosses a coin into the air as the travelers are resting in the field?

8. When Rincewind rescues Hrun's sword from the tree the sword is stuck in, what does the sword tell Rincewind?

9. Why does Rincewind tell the dragon rider that he will never surrender?

10. Why does Rincewind tell Twoflower not to worry about the Luggage when Twoflower assumes that the Luggage will be lost to him forever?

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