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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. Who does Goodie say that Death does like?

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

3. What does Death say he has done with Mort's father?

4. What had Mort done when he saved Keli's life?

5. What are the items called that pour the moments of every living person's life from the future into the past?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Death explain to Mort about interfering in the natural course of events?

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

6. Explain who the Listeners are.

7. What does Mort do while shoveling manure?

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

9. Describe what is going through Mort's mind when he first wakes up in Death's home.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Was Mort wrong to try and save Princess Keli? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why did Ysabell choose to help Mort rather than stay loyal to her father?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) If Mort hadn't been the main protagonist in the story who would have been your next choice for the main role and why?

Part 2) Who would you say was the main antagonist in the story and why?

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of the following to write about:

Part 1) If you could visit one place on Discworld where would it be and why?

Part 2) If you had to pick one job to be an apprentice at which job would it be and why?

Part 3) If anything you believe will happen happens after you die what will happen after your death?

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