View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Keli appoint Cutwell to do?
(a) Find a way to get her to Death's realm.
(b) Mop her floors.
(c) Be the queens new advisor.
(d) Be the Royal Recognizer.

2. What happens to the owl that Mort watches fly through the iridescent wall?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It dies.
(c) It comes through moving very slowly on the other side.
(d) It disappears.

3. Why does Death explain that people don't seem to see him?
(a) Death alters their minds.
(b) It is magic.
(c) Human eyes can't see beyond this world.
(d) They won't allow themselves to.

4. How much talent for horticulture is Mort as described as having?
(a) The same as his father.
(b) Very little but there was a lot of hope.
(c) The same as a dead starfish.
(d) No one was sure since Mort didn't try.

5. Which of these does Mort NOT say about Ysabell while they are walking to the pond?
(a) Her hair looks like a wet hedge hog.
(b) Her eyes are liek two juugly poached eggs.
(c) She looks like she has been eating doughnuts in a wardrobe for years.
(d) Her taste in clothes rivals that of the criminally insane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Mort see a painting of when he enters the tavern?

3. What surprises Mort when he looks at Death for the first time?

4. What does the king say after he realizes it is Death that stands before him?

5. What does Death go to do when he tells Mort that some things make him really angry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes have taken place in Mort that are described when Mort first walks into the tavern?

2. Describe the barrier wall that reality is creating because of Mort's interaction.

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

4. What does Mort do while shoveling manure?

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

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

7. Describe what happens when Mort is with Death as the king is about to be assassinated.

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

9. Describe what happens in Cutwell's home?

10. Describe Keli's meeting with the wizard.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,125 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample