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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 is the magic word that the door knocker tells Princess Keli to use?
(a) Viola.
(b) Abra-cadabra.
(c) I'm rich.
(d) Please.

2. What does Death tell Mort is the reason that his father is acting so strangely when he is questioning Death?
(a) Lezek is drunk.
(b) Lezek is in deep shock.
(c) Lezek has been put under a calming effect.
(d) Lezek doesn't see or hear what Mort sees.

3. What does Mort decide he will do once he is feeling homesick?
(a) Go home.
(b) Resign his position with Death.
(c) Go play with the children.
(d) Go have a drink.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Death explain is the reason that kings get the sword instead of a scythe?

2. Who is the second person that Mort is sent to see to on his own?

3. What does Ysabell NOT say about Mort while walking to the pond?

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

5. What does Lezek speculate might be one thing that people look at when choosing an apprentice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Keli's meeting with the wizard.

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

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

7. Describe what is going through Mort's mind when he first wakes up in Death's home.

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

9. Explain who the Listeners are.

10. What happens when Mort goes into the tavern?

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