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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds a dying guard stabbed to death lying on a snowy mountaintop?

2. Who are the children that Teatime talks to and wants to say that the skeleton in the room is a monster?

3. What is the name of the dog that Susan finds?

4. What does the man who knocked on the door of Violet's house tell Susan?

5. Who is worried because he cannot find Chickenwire or Catseye?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Susan see in the middle of the floor of the house she enters? What disappears in front of her eyes?

2. What do the Auditors have to do and why?

3. What is the renewal that occurs with the sunrise?

4. Who is the girl that collects teeth? What is strange about her house?

5. What is the strange memory that Bilious has about his manifestation into physical form?

6. Why does Susan go to Bier's?

7. What does Bilious notice about the sword that Susan takes from Death's house?

8. Whom does Susan talk to at Bier's? What does he tell her?

9. Describe the land that Violet had seen that Susan enters.

10. What does Susan discover about the heap of teeth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The concept of good versus evil appears throughout the book. Who in your opinion is good? Who is bad? Why? Do these characters change over time? Why or why not? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

How is the Tooth Fairy portrayed in Hogfather? How does this depiction vary from traditional stories? Describe.

Essay Topic 3

How is the ritual of Christmas portrayed in Hogfather? How does this depiction vary from traditional stories? Describe.

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