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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 Death say about his job?
(a) You have to put emotion aside.
(b) You don't see people at their best.
(c) It weighs heavily on his soul.
(d) It has been the same since the beginning of time.

2. Who tells Mort to be impressed by the wizard?
(a) The door knocker.
(b) The guard rail.
(c) A house servant.
(d) A shoe shine boy.

3. What sensation does Mort feel when he first walks through the iridescent wall?
(a) It tingles.
(b) It creates a burning sensation against the skin.
(c) It makes his head hurt.
(d) It makes his soul wince.

4. Where does the abbot explain what he has might be called?
(a) A season ticket.
(b) A renewable pass.
(c) A skip to the hereafter.
(d) A get out of jail forever card.

5. What does Mort's family do with the grapes grown on the magical hill?
(a) Puts them into breakfast foods.
(b) Makes raisins.
(c) Makes wine.
(d) Trades them to the gnomes and fairies of the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Death say that curry is like?

2. Who is Mort thinking of when he arrives in Ankh-Morpork?

3. What task does Death give Mort on Mort's first day after Mort admits that he wishes to know the secrets of the universe?

4. What does the abbot say about each of his lives?

5. What is scumble said to be mainly made of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain who the Listeners are.

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

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

5. What does Death's house look like?

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

7. What happens when Mort goes into the tavern?

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

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

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

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