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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 Lezek seem to believe that Death's occupation is?
(a) Hangman.
(b) Some sort of medical profession.
(c) Coroner.
(d) Undertaking.

2. What does Cutwell answer when Mort asks if it is possible to walk through walls without using magic?
(a) Pick thin walls.
(b) He has never tried.
(c) Of course not, don't be daft.
(d) Anything is possible if you believe in it.

3. Why does the witch, Goodie Hamstring, explain that Death doesn't like magical people?
(a) They have control over Death.
(b) They try to avoid Death.
(c) They smell funny.
(d) They give him a hard time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What decorates most of the doors in Death's house?

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

3. What does Cutwell explain after looking at Keli's palm?

4. What did Death give Mort before Mort left?

5. What does the 103-year-old woman comment on when Mort arrives to take her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain who the Listeners are.

3. 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.

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

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

6. Describe what Mort asks Death for and what Death's response is.

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

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

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

10. Describe Keli's meeting with the wizard.

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