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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 Mort reply when the guard asks if Mort is friend or foe?

2. What does Cutwell say when Mort arrives inside what remains of the reality with Princess Keli alive?

3. How old does Cutwell say he is when the princess calls him old?

4. What does Cutwell do when the elephant starts to rampage?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ysabell explain about the nodes?

3. What happens to Mort when someone begins the Rite of AshkEnte?

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

5. Describe what happens when Mort reaches the palace in Sto Lat.

6. Describe the conversation between Mort and Albert after Ysabell drops the book on Albert?

7. What does Cutwell explain about the gods and the way that he has been trying to help the princess?

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

9. What does Cutwell explain is the reason that Mort can walk through walls?

10. Describe Harga's House of Ribs.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Part 1) Speculate on the reasons that Death adopted Ysabell.

Part 2) Why did Death allow Albert to become his servant?

Part 3) How is this significant when paired with the fact that Death is willing to send everyone else to Oblivion for interfering with fate?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Describe the wizards at the Unseen University.

Part 2) How do these wizards compare with Albert?

Part 3) How does Albert's life as a servant compare with how he acts when he returns to the Unseen University? Speculate on the reasons for this change.

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