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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 158-197.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the witch, Goodie Hamstring, explain that Death doesn't like magical people?
(a) They have control over Death.
(b) They try to avoid Death.
(c) They give him a hard time.
(d) They smell funny.

2. What does the 103-year-old woman comment on when Mort arrives to take her?
(a) How very nice it is to be done with her old body.
(b) How much weight he has gained.
(c) How pale Mort is.
(d) What a polite young man he is.

3. Which of the following is NOT said about cabbages?
(a) They have never inspired a poet unless he was starving.
(b) They have saved many a drowning cat.
(c) They have a high vitamin content.
(d) They are valuable roughage and have commendable food value.

4. What is the main thing the Listeners are trying to figure out?
(a) The language of love.
(b) What the Creator said when he created the Disc.
(c) Which came first, the alphabet or words.
(d) If a tree falls in the woods what does it say.

5. Why does Albert explain he doesn't want to die?
(a) He has enemies waiting for him on the other side.
(b) He believes he won't go to heaven.
(c) He isn't sure he could handle dying.
(d) He is afraid of the pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mort realize is happening?

2. What happens to the owner of the tavern after the strange mist wall comes through the tavern?

3. What changes have NOT taken place in Mort as is described when he walks into the tavern?

4. What does Albert offer Mort when he begins explaining about the nodes?

5. Where does Mort go on his day off?

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