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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is one of the first to see the dragon at work and survive?
(a) Lord Vetinari.
(b) Lady Sybil.
(c) Nobby.
(d) Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler.

2. What impresses Vimes most about Goodboy Bindle Featherstone of Quirm?
(a) His pale green scales.
(b) His enormous nostrils.
(c) His tiny wings.
(d) His expressive eyes.

3. What is the word that Lady Sybil uses to describe Goodboy Bindle Featherstone of Quirm?
(a) A slump.
(b) A whittle.
(c) A shoulder-sitter.
(d) A cobb.

4. What do the Elucidated Brethren use to try to summon the dragon?
(a) The blood of a human.
(b) Gold.
(c) Old books.
(d) Magical artifacts.

5. Which of the following is not a member of the Elucidated Brethren?
(a) Brother Dunnikin.
(b) Brother Plasterer.
(c) Brother Fruitmonger.
(d) Brother Doorkeeper.

6. What should you never call the Librarian?
(a) An animal.
(b) An ape.
(c) A man.
(d) A monkey.

7. When do swamp dragons have fire inside them?
(a) All the time.
(b) When they have blowback.
(c) After eating igneous rocks.
(d) Never.

8. Which of the following is not sold by Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler?
(a) Anti-dragon cream.
(b) A cloak of invisibility.
(c) Portable lair detectors.
(d) Dragon-piercing arrows.

9. What did Carrot's adoptive parents think he would grow out of?
(a) Growing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Singing.

10. What "magical artifact" does Brother Plasterer bring to help with the first summoning of the dragon?
(a) The wing of a bat that had been a wizard's familiar.
(b) A piece of malachite.
(c) Stones with holes in.
(d) A magic ring.

11. What does Vimes say has assaulted him as they walk home?
(a) A bottle.
(b) A troll.
(c) A boot.
(d) A wall.

12. Where was Carrot's sword found?
(a) In the wreckage of a cart.
(b) In a dragon's hoard.
(c) Down a dwarf mine.
(d) Underneath a temple altar.

13. Which word is missing from this ritual password of the Elucidated Brethren: "The _______ owl hoots in the night."
(a) Spectral.
(b) Significant.
(c) Saturated.
(d) Suspicious.

14. Who actually signed the letter accepting Carrot into the Night Watch?
(a) The Patrician.
(b) Lupine Wonse.
(c) Nobby.
(d) Samuel Vimes.

15. How many muggers were flamed by the dragon in the second attack?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) We are not told.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam Vimes compare the city of Ankh-Morpork to when we first see him?

2. What is distinctive about the way the Librarian speaks?

3. Who of the following does not inspect the footprints in the alley and the charred remains of the criminals?

4. What rank does Sam Vimes hold?

5. How does Vetinari travel?

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