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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 158-197.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mort give the guard at the gate so that he can gain admittance?
(a) The horse he is riding.
(b) A book.
(c) A head of cabbage.
(d) Gold coins.

2. Which of the following is NOT said about cabbages?
(a) They have saved many a drowning cat.
(b) They are valuable roughage and have commendable food value.
(c) They have a high vitamin content.
(d) They have never inspired a poet unless he was starving.

3. What does Cutwell do as Mort tells them all to be quiet?
(a) Starts making notes about Death's apprentice.
(b) Goes up and pokes Keli with a spear.
(c) Breaks the arrow into two pieces.
(d) Shoots Mort in the back.

4. What had Cutwell been using as a bookmark in his book?
(a) A magic ribbon.
(b) A slice of cheese.
(c) A piece of bacon.
(d) An old chicken bone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mort hear that makes him feel rather homesick?

2. What does Mort finally say he knows he wants?

3. What does Terpsic hate doing?

4. What does the king say after he realizes it is Death that stands before him?

5. What does Keli tell Cutwell about her dress?

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