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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes have NOT taken place in Mort as is described when he walks into the tavern?
(a) He has doubled in muscle mass.
(b) He looks like he has seen things no one sees and lives.
(c) He looks now as if he knows too much rather than too little.
(d) His knees and elbows seem to have migrated to the right spots.

2. What does Lezek seem to believe that Death's occupation is?
(a) Undertaking.
(b) Hangman.
(c) Coroner.
(d) Some sort of medical profession.

3. Who does Goodie leave directions with regarding her personal belongings?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her apprentice.
(c) Her cat.
(d) An imaginary friend.

4. What does Death say he has done with Mort's father?
(a) Put him into a dream state.
(b) Frozen him.
(c) Set him outside time for a moment.
(d) Wiped his memory away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mort decide he will do once he is feeling homesick?

3. What does Lezek warn Mort not to tell people about?

4. Where does the abbot explain what he has might be called?

5. What does Death say about his job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Death's house look like?

2. Explain what Mort does once he has arrived at Sto Lat.

3. Describe what Mort asks Death for and what Death's response is.

4. Describe what happens in Cutwell's home?

5. Describe the relationship between Albert and Death as seen by Mort?

6. Describe what happens when Mort is waiting to become an apprentice.

7. Describe the barrier wall that reality is creating because of Mort's interaction.

8. What happens when Mort goes into the tavern?

9. Describe Keli's meeting with the wizard.

10. What does Death explain to Mort about interfering in the natural course of events?

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