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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. What is the name of the vessel about to be launched at the end of the book?
(a) The Seeker.
(b) The Potent Voyager.
(c) Atlantis.
(d) The Phoenix.

2. What are the hydrophobes?
(a) Wizards trained to loathe water.
(b) Special underwater listening devices.
(c) Magical vision enhancers.
(d) Water-based chemical viruses.

3. As Greicha the First's children prepare to battle for the throne, who has determined the rules for succession?
(a) Liessa.
(b) The Loremaster.
(c) The Dragonmaster.
(d) Greicha.

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

5. What does Rincewind see as he looks over the Edge?
(a) The great turtle.
(b) Flowing water.
(c) One of the elephants.
(d) Nothingness.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the boat nears the Edge, why does Rincewind yell at Twoflower?

2. Twoflower wishes he had something as the two men near the Edge. What does Twoflower wish he had?

3. What world is the sea troll from?

4. What does the old man sitting in the magical energy room tell Twoflower?

5. When Rincewind and Twoflower are snapped into an alternate universe, where do the two men land?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Twoflower escape from his cell?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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