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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 122-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Death answer when he is asked if he is a friend of the Patrician?
(a) No. He doesn't have friends.
(b) The Patrician puts business his way.
(c) He knows almost everyone eventually.
(d) They are soon to be very well acquainted.

2. What does Death tell Mort is the reason that his father is acting so strangely when he is questioning Death?
(a) Lezek is in deep shock.
(b) Lezek doesn't see or hear what Mort sees.
(c) Lezek has been put under a calming effect.
(d) Lezek is drunk.

3. How are men that are reannual growers described?
(a) Serious men who closely examine the calendar.
(b) Loving men who talk to the plants.
(c) Strong men that consult the stars.
(d) Imaginary.

4. What changes have NOT taken place in Mort as is described when he walks into the tavern?
(a) His knees and elbows seem to have migrated to the right spots.
(b) He looks like he has seen things no one sees and lives.
(c) He looks now as if he knows too much rather than too little.
(d) He has doubled in muscle mass.

5. What did Death give Mort before Mort left?
(a) A talisman to keep him safe.
(b) A bottle filled with a magic potion.
(c) A book.
(d) A bag of coins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Death say is the reason that the King doesn't feel sad?

2. What does Mort see when he looks in Death's empty eye sockets?

3. Where does the abbot explain what he has might be called?

4. What does Mort hear that makes him feel rather homesick?

5. Why does Ysabell pinch Mort?

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