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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 45-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lezek speculate might be one thing that people look at when choosing an apprentice?
(a) The back of their ears.
(b) The look of a person's teeth.
(c) Look for birthmarks.
(d) Read tea leaves.

2. What does Lezek warn Mort not to tell people about?
(a) The fact that he can read.
(b) That he wants to know how the universe works.
(c) His theories on the sun.
(d) How he scares birds.

3. What does Death explain is the reason that kings get the sword instead of a scythe?
(a) It is tradition.
(b) It is because of the royal blood.
(c) It is a royal perogative.
(d) He lost a bet.

4. What does the father of the Klatchain house tell Mort when Mort admits to being a demon?
(a) That they want to ask after their departed family members.
(b) That demons are what they worship.
(c) That he has studied demons for years.
(d) That it is good luck to help a demon.

5. How many times does the abbot explain he has been reincarnated?
(a) More than a hundred.
(b) Fifty-three times or so.
(c) You aren't alowed to count.
(d) Just three, but he is working on more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Death say can see him in his true form?

2. What decorates most of the doors in Death's house?

3. What surprises Mort when he looks at Death for the first time?

4. What are the items called that pour the moments of every living person's life from the future into the past?

5. What does Death say he has done with Mort's father?

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