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

2. What does Mort's family do with the grapes grown on the magical hill?
(a) Makes wine.
(b) Trades them to the gnomes and fairies of the area.
(c) Puts them into breakfast foods.
(d) Makes raisins.

3. What does Death say that curry is like?
(a) Biting a red hot ice cube.
(b) Chewing hard gum.
(c) Eating glass noodles.
(d) Drinking dry water.

4. How often do magicians say that million to one chances turn up?
(a) Three fourths of the time.
(b) Almost every time.
(c) Sixty percent of the time.
(d) Nine times out of ten.

5. What does Lezek say when Mort says he will be sure to write?
(a) He says it will make Mort's mother happy.
(b) He says he is sure someone who can read it will happen by.
(c) He says it might be best to wait until he is secure in his position.
(d) He says it doesn't matter one way or the other.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mort notice when Death walks through a crowd?

4. How are men that are reannual growers described?

5. What does Death tell Mort is the reason that his father is acting so strangely when he is questioning Death?

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