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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How are men that are reannual growers described?
2. What are the items called that pour the moments of every living person's life from the future into the past?
3. What does Cutwell explain after looking at Keli's palm?
4. What does Ysabell explain about her age?
5. What does Death tell Mort is the reason that his father is acting so strangely when he is questioning Death?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Keli's meeting with the wizard.
2. What happens when Mort goes into the tavern?
3. Explain who the Listeners are.
4. 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.
5. What happens when Mort walks through the wall in the alley?
6. Describe what happens when Mort is with Death as the king is about to be assassinated.
7. Describe the relationship between Albert and Death as seen by Mort?
8. Describe what happens when Mort is waiting to become an apprentice.
9. What does Ysabell tell Mort when she is explaining that Mort cannot be an apprentice?
10. Describe what Mort and Ysabell tell each other on the way to the pond.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Part 1) What different methods does the author use to convey humor in the story?
Part 2) What would you have done differently if you had been writing Mort? What would you have omitted and why?
Essay Topic 2
Part 1) What does Ysabell add to Mort?
Part 2) Do they seem like they will be well suited in marriage? Explain why or why not?
Part 3) How is marriage viewed or described in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Part 1) What role does love play in the story? Explain the importance of love.
Part 2) Why did Mort choose to marry Ysabell rather than Princess Keli?
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