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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the bridge where Windle Poons goes after becoming undead?
(a) Heckler Bridge.
(b) Brass Bridge.
(c) Ankh Bridge.
(d) Diamond Bridge.

3. What does the narrator consider the life of that only lives one day and never eats?
(a) Cicada.
(b) Dragonfly.
(c) Ant.
(d) Mayflies.

4. What is the name of the zombie that first greets Windle Poons at his first meeting of the Fresh Start Club?
(a) Schleppel.
(b) Reg Shoe.
(c) Windle Poons.
(d) Modo.

5. What does Bill Door see in a dream after leaving Miss Flitworth's parlor for tea?
(a) His mother.
(b) The new persona of Death.
(c) A gray, robed figure.
(d) His horse.

6. What kind of wound does Windle Poons suffer while in an old, dangerous neighborhood?
(a) Gunshot.
(b) He is cut by glass.
(c) Knife.
(d) He is punched.

7. What do the indistinct gray figures say the incarnation of Death has developed at the beginning of the book?
(a) A phobia.
(b) A conscience.
(c) A personality.
(d) A disease.

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

9. What does the Archchancellor scold Windle Poons for his lack of when trying to make him die again?
(a) Appreciation.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Cooperation.

10. What do the wizards find an assortment of when they first arrive at the Patrician's palace?
(a) Dancers.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Priests.
(d) Foods.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the wife of the male vampire at the Fresh Start Club?

3. What kind of games does Bill Door play after acquainting himself with the townspeople?

4. What does a small child tell Bill Door he looks like just after moving to Discworld?

5. What does an auditor refer to himself as that causes him to blow up in flame?

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