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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ysabell explain about the way the first of Albert's volumes was written?
(a) They are written in Old.
(b) It is in runes and scribes.
(c) They use only symbols.
(d) It is in a different language.

2. Who does Goodie say that Death does like?
(a) Milkmen.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Priests.

3. How much time does Albert say he has left if he returns to the world?
(a) Ninety-one days.
(b) Two years.
(c) Moments.
(d) A month.

4. What does Ysabell explain that everything in Death's home is?
(a) A copy of something.
(b) His own unique creation.
(c) Made by the Creator.
(d) There simply to amuse Ysabel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is scumble said to be mainly made of?

2. What happens to the owl that Mort watches fly through the iridescent wall?

3. How old does Cutwell say he is when the princess calls him old?

4. What does Albert see in Mort's eyes that frightens him that is different from Death's eyes?

5. What does Mort compare Ysabel's eyebrows to?

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