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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. Why does Vimes go to visit Lady Sybil?
(a) She has an excellent collection of books about dragons.
(b) She is the most likely person to know about dragons.
(c) The dragon's footsteps looked like they headed towards her house.
(d) Lord Vetinari hinted at it.

2. Which Guild was outlawed by the Patrician?
(a) The Beggar's Guild.
(b) The Guild of Doctors.
(c) The Guild of Fire Fighters.
(d) The Guild of Plasterers.

3. What does the Patrician keep as a pet?
(a) A horse.
(b) A swamp dragon.
(c) A unicorn.
(d) A small dog.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not make up one of the smells in the Watch house?

2. How does Vetinari describe the outlines on the alley wall?

3. What do Vimes and Vetinari see on the ground in the alley?

4. What does Vetinari officially attribute the footprints in the alley to?

5. What should you never call the Librarian?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Thieves' Guild reduce or control crime?

2. What incident begins to wake up the more idealistic side of Sam Vimes?

3. What annoys Vimes most about the dragon?

4. What is unusual about Lady Sybil's hair?

5. Why is Carrot pleased to be ordered to stay at the Watch Headquarters?

6. Where did the dwarfs find Carrot?

7. Why does the Librarian know that the book was stolen by someone at the University?

8. What is the connection between Lupine Wonse and Sam Vimes?

9. What happens to the artifacts after the dragon has been summoned?

10. What does Vimes notice about the prints in the alley that arouse his suspicions?

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