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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. Who is the second person that Mort is sent to see to on his own?
(a) A monkey trainer.
(b) The high priest.
(c) A little orphan girl.
(d) The 88th abbot.

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

3. What does Lezek speculate might be one thing that people look at when choosing an apprentice?
(a) Look for birthmarks.
(b) The back of their ears.
(c) Read tea leaves.
(d) The look of a person's teeth.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seeing the strange dome around Sto Lat why doesn't Mort realize that everything will fix itself to what it should be if he simply doesn't interfere again?

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

3. Who are the Listeners?

4. What does Ysabell explain that everything in Death's home is?

5. What is the main thing the Listeners are trying to figure out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Mort walks in the Shades in Ankh-Morpork?

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

4. Explain who the Listeners are.

5. What does Mort do while shoveling manure?

6. Describe Keli's meeting with the wizard.

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

8. What happens when Mort goes into the tavern?

9. Describe the conversation that Death and Mort have when Mort first explains that things didn't go as smoothly as they should have for the first three charges he was sent after.

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

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