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

2. How does Bill Door awaken from a dream in the book?
(a) Scared.
(b) Groggy and confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Excited.

3. Which of the following items do Windle Poons' friends not do against him to try and make him die again?
(a) Calls him a fiend.
(b) Show colves of garlic in his face.
(c) Pray over him.
(d) Grab his limbs.

4. What is Windle Poons disappointed to realize about being undead after visiting a dangerous neighborhood?
(a) That his dog no longer likes him.
(b) That he can't eat.
(c) That his friends have moved.
(d) That he frightens all who see him.

5. What does Miss Flitworth try to kill with poisoned food?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Hamsters.
(c) Rats.
(d) Snakes.

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

7. What does Bill Door complain is too noisy in Miss Flitworth's parlor?
(a) Her bird.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her clock.
(d) Her radio.

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

9. How does the narrator describe the relationship between the Unseen University and the Patrician?
(a) Good.
(b) Complex.
(c) Unsavory.
(d) Bad.

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

11. What is the name of the supreme god that oversees the meeting held at the beginning of the book?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) Evadne.
(c) Modo.
(d) Azrael.

12. What is the name of the river Windle Poons jumps into after becoming undead?
(a) Morpork River.
(b) Smith River.
(c) Ankh River.
(d) Harvest River.

13. Who is Bill Door able to accurately describe to Miss Flitworth that surprises her?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

14. What does Miss Flitworth ask Bill Door to kill for her?
(a) A snake.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A fish.

15. What is the name of the gardener at the Unseen University?
(a) Bill Door.
(b) Albert.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Modo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Flitworth do when Bill Door hesitates to help a little girl in a fire?

2. Where do mysterious objects first start appearing in the book?

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

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

5. What does the narrator consider the life of that only lives one day and never eats?

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