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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 does the man ask when Mort asks if he dies often?
(a) Every year it seems like.
(b) A fair bit.
(c) This is the first.
(d) I can't remember.

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

3. What task does Death give Mort on Mort's first day after Mort admits that he wishes to know the secrets of the universe?
(a) Clean the kitchen.
(b) Shovel horse dung.
(c) Start studying Death's memoirs.
(d) Dig potatoes.

4. What does Death say about his job?
(a) You have to put emotion aside.
(b) It has been the same since the beginning of time.
(c) It weighs heavily on his soul.
(d) You don't see people at their best.

5. What does Death say it will be when the Great A'Tuin dies?
(a) A sad day.
(b) The end of humanity.
(c) The beginning of the end.
(d) A challenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mort NOT smell when he sniffs the scumble?

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

3. What does Death say is the reason that the King doesn't feel sad?

4. Which of the following is NOT said about cabbages?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lezek decide to take his son to town to become an apprentice?

2. What does Mort tell Ysabell about his trouble and what does she respond?

3. Describe what Albert says about his life before he came to live with Death.

4. What happens when Mort walks through the wall in the alley?

5. Describe the difficulty that Keli soon finds that she is having?

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

7. What happens when Mort goes into the tavern?

8. Describe Keli's meeting with the wizard.

9. What do the men in the tavern notice about Mort?

10. Who is the second person that Mort retrieves?

(see the answer keys)

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