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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the spirit friend the medium contacts to find out why the poltergeist activity is occurring?
(a) Windle Poons.
(b) One-Man-Bucket.
(c) Senior Wrangler.
(d) Reg Shoe.

2. What does the friend the medium contacts say is crowded and is causing poltergeist activity?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) The life force.
(c) The offler.
(d) Astral plane.

3. What inanimate objects first begin moving on their own in the book?
(a) Tables.
(b) Screws.
(c) Floorboards.
(d) Chairs.

4. How much does the woman pay Death each week for working on her farm?
(a) Food and shelter.
(b) $50.
(c) Sixpence.
(d) $1,000.

5. What is the name of Death's loyal human assistant?
(a) Reg.
(b) Bill.
(c) Dean.
(d) Albert.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the relationship between the Unseen University and the Patrician?

2. What does the narrator explain is building up in the world in the absence of death?

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

4. Whose palace sends a squad of guards to come investigate the sudden poltergeist activity at the university?

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

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