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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 say happened to Mort because his grandmother taught him how to read?
(a) It didn't have any effect at all.
(b) It gave him rather liberal ideals.
(c) It made him as mad as a wet hen.
(d) His mind overheated.

2. What does Death say it will be when the Great A'Tuin dies?
(a) The beginning of the end.
(b) A sad day.
(c) A challenge.
(d) The end of humanity.

3. What are the items called that pour the moments of every living person's life from the future into the past?
(a) Duma flitches.
(b) Mortal hour glasses.
(c) Life-timers.
(d) Time trackers.

4. What does Goodie say she is going to do when Mort says he is supposed to take her spirit away?
(a) She wants to return to her old body.
(b) She is going to be reincarnated.
(c) She is going to go to the stars.
(d) She is going to stay.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mort's second charge say when Mort enters the room?

3. What task does Death give Mort on Mort's first day after Mort admits that he wishes to know the secrets of the universe?

4. What does Mort see when he looks in Death's empty eye sockets?

5. Why does Ysabell pinch Mort?

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