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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Death give Mort before Mort left?
(a) A talisman to keep him safe.
(b) A bag of coins.
(c) A book.
(d) A bottle filled with a magic potion.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Cutwell answer when Mort asks if it is possible to walk through walls without using magic?
(a) Of course not, don't be daft.
(b) Pick thin walls.
(c) He has never tried.
(d) Anything is possible if you believe in it.

8. What card does Keli draw from the Caroc cards?
(a) Death.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

9. Who does Goodie say that Death does like?
(a) Milkmen.
(b) Priests.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Farmers.

10. What is the witch, Goodie Hamstring, doing when Mort enters?
(a) Finishing off all her liquor.
(b) Feeding the cat.
(c) Writing her will.
(d) Taking a bath.

11. What decorates most of the doors in Death's house?
(a) Incantations.
(b) Pictures of kittens playing.
(c) Skull and bones.
(d) Scenes of the apocalypse.

12. What does Lezek say when Mort says he will be sure to write?
(a) He says it might be best to wait until he is secure in his position.
(b) He says he is sure someone who can read it will happen by.
(c) He says it doesn't matter one way or the other.
(d) He says it will make Mort's mother happy.

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

14. Who are the Listeners?
(a) A group of audio-scientists.
(b) People who commune with the dead.
(c) A basketball team.
(d) The oldest religous sect on Discworld.

15. What does Mort compare Ysabel's eyebrows to?
(a) Nothing this world has ever seen before.
(b) Mating caterpillars.
(c) Two fighting dust bunnies.
(d) Wild yeti fighting for the piece of tundra.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sensation does Mort feel when he first walks through the iridescent wall?

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

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

5. What type of plants grow on the magical soil?

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