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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. Which of the following is NOT said about cabbages?
(a) They are valuable roughage and have commendable food value.
(b) They have a high vitamin content.
(c) They have saved many a drowning cat.
(d) They have never inspired a poet unless he was starving.

2. What did Death give Mort before Mort left?
(a) A bag of coins.
(b) A bottle filled with a magic potion.
(c) A book.
(d) A talisman to keep him safe.

3. What does Mort's second charge say when Mort enters the room?
(a) You're late.
(b) Why are you here?
(c) I have had a wonderful life.
(d) I thought you must have got the days mixed up.

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

5. What does Ysabell explain that everything in Death's home is?
(a) A copy of something.
(b) His own unique creation.
(c) There simply to amuse Ysabel.
(d) Made by the Creator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can Mort tell is at the center of the dome he is watching?

3. What does Lezek seem to believe that Death's occupation is?

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

5. What colors is Death's house decorated in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the scene while Princess Keli is laying in bed listening to sounds not being made.

7. Describe Keli's meeting with the wizard.

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

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. What happens when Mort goes into the tavern?

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