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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 278-316.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the piece of furniture in which the mysterious object first begins appearing in the book?
(a) Death.
(b) Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler.
(c) Archchancellor Ridcully.
(d) The Bursar.

2. What stage does One-Man-Bucket say the eggs are in when they create more cities?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Active.
(c) Fractured.
(d) Alive.

3. Who acts carelessly during a fight at the university and sends off a fireball?
(a) The Patrician.
(b) The Archchancellor.
(c) The Dean.
(d) The Bursar.

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

5. What kind of pie does the wizard request before dying?
(a) Meat.
(b) Mince.
(c) Apple.
(d) Pear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the old woman who Death finds work with as a human?

2. What does Bill Door complain is too noisy in Miss Flitworth's parlor?

3. What is the name of the place Death decides to spend his remaining time alive after leaving his post?

4. What does the friend the medium contacts say is crowded and is causing poltergeist activity?

5. How old is the wizard that is dying at the beginning of the book?

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