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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. Where do Susan and Bilious go when they leave Violet's house?

2. Who pulls out an hourglass and turns the sleigh around?

3. What do Death and Albert argue about?

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

5. Who says that there is a limited amount of belief in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the librarian?

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

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

4. Where does Teatime fall? What does he do?

5. What happens when Death returns Susan home? What do they do?

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

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

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

9. What does Teatime do that causes great tension for Medium Dave?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe some of the settings for the stories. What is the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time, and any pertinent popular culture events. How do these settings, even if imaginary, reflect modern settings or culture? Why did the author choose to use these places in the stories?

Essay Topic 2

Pratchett is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony. Briefly describe them and identify the technique that they embody.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one instance of irony in the stories. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the book and note why they are examples of irony.

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