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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. After fleeing from the temple, where do Rincewind, Twoflower, and Hrun end up?
(a) Krull.
(b) Morpork.
(c) Wyrmberg.
(d) Ankh.

2. What do Twoflower and Rincewind learn about their future in the place they're taken to from the vessel?
(a) That they are to become explorers.
(b) That they are to become teachers.
(c) That they are to become great wizards.
(d) That they are to be sacrifices.

3. In the alternate universe, who is Rincewind?
(a) A chef.
(b) An airplane pilot.
(c) A bachelor.
(d) A tour guide.

4. Who does Hrun challenge to mortal combat?
(a) Liartes and Wrym.
(b) Liartes and Rincewind.
(c) Lio!rt and Wrym.
(d) Lio!rt and Liartes.

5. What happens to most of the sailors who become trapped at the Edge?
(a) They fall over the Edge.
(b) They go mad.
(c) They are returned to their homelands.
(d) They become slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the hooded figure, what will Twoflower and Rincewind's lives be like when the vessel arrives?

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

3. As Chapter Four opens, where is the boat Rincewind and Twoflower are In?

4. What is the name of the dragon rider who captures Rincewind?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the Loremaster, what must happen before a succession can occur?

2. Why does the client maim Goldeneyes after Goldeneyes completes each job?

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

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

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

6. Having been challenged to a fight, both of the brother combatants can choose their own weapons. What do they choose and why?

7. After completing the mortal combat and as Hrun is taking the wine cup from Liessa, he suddenly disappears. Why?

8. At the end of the novel, while Rincewind wants to get off the ship, Twoflower wants to stay aboard. Why?

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

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

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