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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 does Death go to do when he tells Mort that some things make him really angry?
(a) Fish a bag of dead kittens out of the river.
(b) Gets a dead fish out of the sewer.
(c) Help a hamster that a little boy forgot to feed.
(d) Go to a box with a starved puppy in it.

2. Why does Death explain that people don't seem to see him?
(a) They won't allow themselves to.
(b) Human eyes can't see beyond this world.
(c) It is magic.
(d) Death alters their minds.

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

4. How much talent for horticulture is Mort as described as having?
(a) The same as a dead starfish.
(b) The same as his father.
(c) Very little but there was a lot of hope.
(d) No one was sure since Mort didn't try.

5. What does Death say is the reason that the King doesn't feel sad?
(a) Death is where we are all meant to go.
(b) There are no tears where the king is headed.
(c) Emotions get left behind in the glands.
(d) Shock he supposes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What colors is Death's house decorated in?

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

4. What does Lezek say happened to Mort because his grandmother taught him how to read?

5. What does Lezek seem to believe that Death's occupation is?

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