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

2. What does Ysabell explain about her age?
(a) She is aging backwards.
(b) She has been sixteen for thirty-five years.
(c) She is not sure of her real age.
(d) She is in her early twenties but looks much younger.

3. What had Mort done when he saved Keli's life?
(a) Destroyed the peaceful future that was to come.
(b) Split reality into two seperate lines.
(c) Destroyed Death's faith in him.
(d) Started a war.

4. What do the men in the tavern notice about the way that Mort looks?
(a) It is hard to make their eyes focus on him.
(b) He looks more solid compared to everything else.
(c) He looks more transluscent than everything else.
(d) They seem to know him and not know him at the same time.

5. What does Mort NOT smell when he sniffs the scumble?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Autumn mornings.
(c) The bottom of a log pile.
(d) Apples.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often do magicians say that million to one chances turn up?

2. Who does Mort see a painting of when he enters the tavern?

3. Who tells Mort to be impressed by the wizard?

4. What do the men in the Shades tell Mort they are going to do?

5. Who does Mort contact in order to try and find a way into the castle?

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