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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 do without realizing while talking with himself?

2. What does Albert decide while using magic and telling the magicians that they need to wield their power?

3. What is Cutwell supposed to produce for Keli's coronation?

4. What does Ysabell explain about the way the first of Albert's volumes was written?

5. What does Albert say about his interior beneath the crusty exterior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Harga's House of Ribs.

3. What do Mort and Ysabell find when they start reading Albert's books?

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

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

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

7. Explain what happens to Terpsic Mims while he is fishing.

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

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

10. What does Albert do after Ysabell and Mort leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mort's character.

1) What is implied about Mort in the beginning of the book from the conversation that his father and his uncle have about him?

2) How did Mort change from the beginning of the book compared to the end of the book?

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