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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. What does Teatime do to Medium Dave when he arrives?

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

3. What announces the arrival of a body without boots in a wizard's wardrobe?

4. What do Death and Albert see when they enter the home of a poor family?

5. What do Susan and Bilious see when they go to the room where the scream comes from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is unusual about the librarian?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Susan is the grandchild of Death. What family traits do they possess in common? Are they physical or personality traits? Where do they clash and are they similar in their methods of handling conflict or change? Describe their family traits.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast the depiction of the only two female characters in the book, Susan and Violet.

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