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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason that the Gods haven't sent an avalanche to destroy the Listeners?
(a) The Listeners are destined to save the world.
(b) The Listeners have made a pact with the Gods.
(c) They are curious as to what will be heard.
(d) They are greatly appreciative of what the Listeners have accomplished.

2. What does the 103-year-old woman comment on when Mort arrives to take her?
(a) How pale Mort is.
(b) How very nice it is to be done with her old body.
(c) How much weight he has gained.
(d) What a polite young man he is.

3. What does Death go to do when he tells Mort that some things make him really angry?
(a) Gets a dead fish out of the sewer.
(b) Fish a bag of dead kittens out of the river.
(c) Help a hamster that a little boy forgot to feed.
(d) Go to a box with a starved puppy in it.

4. Who does Mort see a painting of when he enters the tavern?
(a) The four horsemen.
(b) A picture of what people believe heaven to be.
(c) Wizard Cutwell.
(d) Princess Keli.

5. What colors is Death's house decorated in?
(a) Green..nothing but green.
(b) Grey and white.
(c) Purples and black.
(d) Every color imaginable.

6. What does Keli appoint Cutwell to do?
(a) Find a way to get her to Death's realm.
(b) Be the queens new advisor.
(c) Be the Royal Recognizer.
(d) Mop her floors.

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

8. What does the abbot say he believes might be happening very soon?
(a) He will begin his life as a tree.
(b) He will be conceived.
(c) He will be born again.
(d) He will have to go to Never Land.

9. What happens to the owl that Mort watches fly through the iridescent wall?
(a) It disappears.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It dies.
(d) It comes through moving very slowly on the other side.

10. What does Death say he is in town looking for?
(a) An apprentice.
(b) An orphanage is about to catch on fire.
(c) A man who is about to choke on a piece of meat pie.
(d) A old wizard came into town and is about out of time.

11. What does the abbot say about each of his lives?
(a) He can't remember them while he is alive.
(b) It makes toilet training a lot easier.
(c) He wishes he could be done with it.
(d) He gets all the memories mixed up.

12. What type of plants grow on the magical soil?
(a) Preannuals.
(b) Talking plants.
(c) Reannuals.
(d) Troll flowers.

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

14. What does Mort hear that makes him feel rather homesick?
(a) Children laughing.
(b) People in a tavern singing.
(c) A woman singing.
(d) A bird that had been native to his home.

15. What shocks the patrons of the tavern when Mort leaves?
(a) He walks through a solid door.
(b) He vanishes.
(c) Death arrives to fetch him.
(d) His horse comes in the tavern to get him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is scumble said to be mainly made of?

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

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

4. What does Goodie say she was guaranteed as part of the arrangement?

5. What does Goodie say she is going to do when Mort says he is supposed to take her spirit away?

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