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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task does Death give Mort on Mort's first day after Mort admits that he wishes to know the secrets of the universe?
(a) Start studying Death's memoirs.
(b) Clean the kitchen.
(c) Shovel horse dung.
(d) Dig potatoes.

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

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

4. What surprises Mort when he looks at Death for the first time?
(a) That he can stand without any muscle mass.
(b) That he isn't afraid.
(c) That he is completely visible.
(d) That he is real.

5. What decorates most of the doors in Death's house?
(a) Pictures of kittens playing.
(b) Skull and bones.
(c) Scenes of the apocalypse.
(d) Incantations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lezek warn Mort not to tell people about?

2. What does Mort's family do with the grapes grown on the magical hill?

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

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

5. Why does Ysabell pinch Mort?

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