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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 Mort NOT smell when he sniffs the scumble?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Autumn mornings.
(c) Apples.
(d) The bottom of a log pile.

2. What does Albert offer Mort when he begins explaining about the nodes?
(a) A peppermint.
(b) A cookie.
(c) Some fried bread.
(d) A piece of gum.

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

4. What job does Death find employment as?
(a) A gardener.
(b) A fry cook.
(c) An executioner.
(d) A butcher.

5. What do the men in the tavern notice about the way that Mort looks?
(a) He looks more solid compared to everything else.
(b) They seem to know him and not know him at the same time.
(c) He looks more transluscent than everything else.
(d) It is hard to make their eyes focus on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second person that Mort is sent to see to on his own?

2. What does Keli tell Cutwell about her dress?

3. What references does Mort find that let him know that this is in fact Albert's life history?

4. Why does the witch, Goodie Hamstring, explain that Death doesn't like magical people?

5. What happens when Keli puts the crossbow down on the table?

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