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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 211-245.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the local hoodlum discussed in the book?
(a) Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler.
(b) Windle Poons.
(c) Arthur Winkings.
(d) One-Man-Bucket.

3. What does Bill Door try and amuse townsfolk with his poor skills in?
(a) Singing.
(b) Archery.
(c) Painting.
(d) Juggling.

4. Which of the following things does Bill Door NOT use to sharpen his weapon on?
(a) Cobweb.
(b) The first rays of dawn.
(c) Hair.
(d) Silk.

5. What does Death find a backlog on his desk when sent back to his study in a dream?
(a) Files.
(b) Obituaries.
(c) Lifetimers.
(d) Knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls into a basket when trolleys begin escaping through the city?

2. Where does the wizard who dies at the beginning of the book wake up after dying?

3. What does the Archchancellor scold Windle Poons for his lack of when trying to make him die again?

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

5. Who owns the piece of furniture in which the mysterious object first begins appearing in the book?

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