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

2. What sensation does Mort feel when he first walks through the iridescent wall?

3. What does Lezek speculate might be one thing that people look at when choosing an apprentice?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the second person that Mort retrieves?

2. Describe the relationship between Albert and Death as seen by Mort?

3. What do the men in the tavern notice about Mort?

4. What does Death's house look like?

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

6. Describe the difficulty that Keli soon finds that she is having?

7. 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.

8. What does Ysabell explain about her relationship with Death and her life there with him?

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

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

Write a short story based on the thought that the Pearl that Death gave to Mort becomes a reality in its own.

Part 1) What characters take part in this story and why?

Part 2) What is this new reality like?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) What role does magic play in the story?

Part 2) Death says that what he does isn't magic? Describe what it is that Death does and why he can walk through walls.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What is significant about the fact that Albert sees vengeance, cruelty and distaste when he looks in Mort's eyes?

Part 2) What does this reveal about Mort? About Death?

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