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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 witch, Goodie Hamstring, doing when Mort enters?
(a) Writing her will.
(b) Taking a bath.
(c) Feeding the cat.
(d) Finishing off all her liquor.

2. What does Death say he is in town looking for?
(a) A old wizard came into town and is about out of time.
(b) A man who is about to choke on a piece of meat pie.
(c) An apprentice.
(d) An orphanage is about to catch on fire.

3. What do the men in the Shades tell Mort they are going to do?
(a) Help him find out if there is an afterlife.
(b) Steal his horse.
(c) Kill him and take his money.
(d) Alleviate his wordly burdens from him.

4. What does Cutwell explain after looking at Keli's palm?
(a) Her life has traveled to another parallel universe.
(b) She has changed the future.
(c) He has never seen anything like this before.
(d) She is dead.

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

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. What changes have NOT taken place in Mort as is described when he walks into the tavern?

4. Who does Goodie say that Death does like?

5. What does Mort realize is happening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ysabell tell Mort when she is explaining that Mort cannot be an apprentice?

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

5. What does Death's house look like?

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

7. Describe what Mort and Ysabell tell each other on the way to the pond.

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

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

10. Explain what Mort does once he has arrived at Sto Lat.

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