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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 animal does Cutwell choose for the sacrificial animal for the princess' coronation?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A snail.
(c) A partially dead chicken.
(d) A fat goat.

2. Why does Ysabell tell Death that she chose to help Mort?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She has been a prisoner too long.
(c) She was dying for an adventure.
(d) It seemed like the thing to do.

3. Why does Mort say he knows he is going mad when they get to Sto Lat?
(a) He saw an elephant.
(b) He can hear Death calling him.
(c) He can feel reality struggling to right itself.
(d) He can feel what Binky is thinking.

4. What happens when Keli puts the crossbow down on the table?
(a) It falls to the floor and zings around the room several times before hitting the royal dog.
(b) It shoots one of the guards.
(c) It goes off and flies through Mort.
(d) It shoots Cutwell.

5. What does Death give Mort as a wedding present?
(a) The understanding of the universe.
(b) Binky.
(c) A bag of never ending gold.
(d) A pearl of reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ysabell ask Mort about when they first enter the room of the lifetimers?

2. What does Ysabell tell Mort when she wakes him up?

3. What does Albert see in Mort's eyes that frightens him that is different from Death's eyes?

4. What does Death say will happen to the people that are involved in what Mort has done?

5. What does Death tell the angry woman that enters the employment agency in order to get her to leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Mort gets the information he needs from Albert.

2. What does Albert decide after having returned to the Unseen University?

3. Describe what happens when Mort and Ysabell go to find the book of Albert's life.

4. What is Cutwell able to tell Mort about the dome that is shrinking down around the palace?

5. What does Mort realize when Cutwell is showing him the book on magic?

6. What happens at the Unseen University when they perform the Rite of AshkEnte?

7. Describe the scene at the Unseen University when Albert returns from the tavern.

8. What happens when Mort first enters the city of Sto Lat and goes to find Cutwell?

9. Describe Harga's House of Ribs.

10. Explain what happens when Mort goes into Keli's room?

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