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

2. What does Death tell Mort that he must do?

3. What does Mort answer when Ysabell says that Mort isn't Death?

4. What does Cutwell say about gods?

5. What is Terpsic Mims?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ysabell wakes up Mort?

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

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

4. Describe Harga's House of Ribs.

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

6. What is Cutwell able to tell Mort about the dome that is shrinking down around the palace?

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

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

9. Explain what happens to the young girl that Mort frees from her body in the pyramids.

10. What does Ysabell explain about the nodes?

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) Describe Albert and what was discovered about Albert.

Part 2) Was Albert a coward?

Part 3) Would he have regretted the decision to stay on the Disc if he had been able to end his bargain with Death?

Essay Topic 3

Look at Death.

Part 1) Speculate on the reasons that Death chose Mort to be his apprentice?

Part 2) Is it possible that Death chose Mort simply to be Ysabell's husband and for no other reason or did Death intend to retire from the beginning?

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