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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 86-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Death say about his job?
(a) You don't see people at their best.
(b) It weighs heavily on his soul.
(c) It has been the same since the beginning of time.
(d) You have to put emotion aside.

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

3. What would the monks yell when someone got close to their holy temple?
(a) We don't want whatever you are selling.
(b) Keep the bloody noise down.
(c) Remove your shoes... they make too much noise.
(d) Call out various names.

4. What is on the porch of the house that Mort stops at first while out with Binky?
(a) Hay.
(b) A plate of cookies and milk.
(c) A wood pile.
(d) A broken rocker.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What shocks the patrons of the tavern when Mort leaves?

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

4. What does Mort NOT smell when he sniffs the scumble?

5. What does Death say is the reason that the King doesn't feel sad?

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