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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 suggests the Tooth Fairy when Susan decides to go find a girl to collect teeth?

2. What is different about the librarian?

3. Who drops from the sky on to a feasting table at the Unseen University?

4. Who stops Susan and her two companions down the hallway with a crossbow?

5. Who argues over the meaning of Hogswatch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What concerns Albert about Death's behavior?

3. What does Susan discover in the house of the girl who collects teeth?

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

5. How do Chickenwire's fears prevent him from killing Bilious?

6. What does Susan discover when she hears a scream and opens the door?

7. Why is Chickenwire screaming?

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

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

10. Why does Susan go to Bier's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Terry Pratchett makes a clear reference to the myth surrounding the story of "Good King Wenceslas" when Death sends a shower of food to the beggars on the streets of Ankh-Morpork. What is this reference? How are the two stories similar and how are they different? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Many characters experience fear from their nightmares. Describe Chickenwire's fears. Are they believable? Why or why not?

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