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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 71-104.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose palace sends a squad of guards to come investigate the sudden poltergeist activity at the university?
(a) Senior Wrangler.
(b) The Dean.
(c) The Patrician.
(d) The Archchancellor.

2. What does the medium break so that her spiritual friend can weaponize its spirit?
(a) A gun.
(b) A vase.
(c) A knife.
(d) A painting.

3. Where do the wizards believe Windle Poons should be buried after he comes back undead?
(a) In the backyard of the university.
(b) At a crossroads.
(c) In a graveyard.
(d) Under the university.

4. What is the name of the old woman who Death finds work with as a human?
(a) Evadne Cake.
(b) Renata Flitworth.
(c) Ludmilla Cake.
(d) Doreen Winkings.

5. What does the narrator explain is building up in the world in the absence of death?
(a) Anger.
(b) Energy.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the mysterious objects that begin appearing in the book resemble?

2. In what city is the university discussed in the book located?

3. What is the name of the device Death has that measures the remaining days of his life?

4. What is the name of the medium whose ceiling caves in from the poltergeist activity in the book?

5. What is the name of the old, dangerous neighborhood that Windle Poons wanders into?

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