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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) I can't remember.
(b) This is the first.
(c) A fair bit.
(d) Every year it seems like.

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

3. How many times does the abbot explain he has been reincarnated?
(a) Fifty-three times or so.
(b) You aren't alowed to count.
(c) More than a hundred.
(d) Just three, but he is working on more.

4. 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.

5. What happens to the owner of the tavern after the strange mist wall comes through the tavern?
(a) The owner suddenly becomes a ghost.
(b) The owner falls over asleep.
(c) The owner suddenly has no hair and a mustache.
(d) The owner's shirt is different.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mort notice when Death walks through a crowd?

2. What does Mort give the guard at the gate so that he can gain admittance?

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

4. How much talent for horticulture is Mort as described as having?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Death explain about the way he is perceived by people?

2. Who is the second person that Mort retrieves?

3. What happens when Mort goes into the tavern?

4. What changes have taken place in Mort that are described when Mort first walks into the tavern?

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

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

7. Who is the first person that Mort is sent to attend to on his own and what happens?

8. Describe what happens when Mort is with Death as the king is about to be assassinated.

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

10. What does Ysabell explain about her relationship with Death and her life there with him?

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