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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 makes Death angry about poor and rich people?

2. What does the librarian leave out for the Hogfather?

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

4. Who is approaching the room that Susan and Bilious are in when he sees a shadow and screams?

5. What does Susan see after the sun rises lying in place of the dead creature she saw before?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Death and Albert discover on a snowy mountaintop?

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

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

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

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

6. What is unusual about the librarian?

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

8. Who are Stibbons and Ridcully able to see because they are wizards? What do they ask him?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Teeth have particular significance in the Hogfather. What is the significance of having a tooth in the story? Why does Mr. Teatime want to have possession of teeth? Who has visions of teeth throughout the story? Who is the Tooth Fairy ultimately revealed to be? What is the importance of this discovery and the character's role? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Death. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him at this point in his life?

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