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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 Death answer when he is asked if he is a friend of the Patrician?

2. What does Mort reply when the guard asks if Mort is friend or foe?

3. What animal does Cutwell choose for the sacrificial animal for the princess' coronation?

4. Who does Death say he thinks he can be friends with?

5. What answer does Terpsic receive when he asks why he was saved?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the last scene in the story and how Mort and Death part ways.

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

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

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

6. What happens when Albert materializes at the Unseen University?

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

8. What do the wizards decide to do after Albert is gone?

9. Describe Harga's House of Ribs.

10. What happens when Ysabell wakes up Mort?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Speculate on the reasons that Mort is only able to walk through walls when he isn't paying attention to them.

Part 2) What does Mort mean when he says that Death is whoever does Death's job?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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