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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 Cutwell say about gods?

2. How many people does Death say that Wa has had murdered?

3. What does Death tell Mort he prefers to goodbye?

4. What does Albert tell Mort about the fact that Mort is becoming more like Death?

5. What does Albert do to the statue of himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Albert decide after having returned to the Unseen University?

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

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

5. Describe what happens when Death is at the employment agency.

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

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

8. Describe Death's new job at Harga's House of Ribs.

9. Describe the scene in which Death arrives home to find Mort, Ysabell, Cutwell, and Princess Keli in his home.

10. Describe Harga's House of Ribs.

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What does Ysabell mean when she says that Death cannot create, he can only make copies?

Part 2) In what ways does Death contradict the image that Ysabell and Albert create in their descriptions of him?

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