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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How old is the wizard that is dying at the beginning of the book?
(a) 90.
(b) 75.
(c) 80.
(d) 130.

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

6. What is the name of the medium whose ceiling caves in from the poltergeist activity in the book?
(a) Doreen Winkings.
(b) Azreal.
(c) Mrs. Cake.
(d) Ludmilla.

7. What do the townsfolk refer to Bill Door as?
(a) "Frightening Bill".
(b) "Death".
(c) "Good Old Bill".
(d) "Dead as a Doornail".

8. How long do Bill Door and Miss Flitworth sit in silence when he visits her in her parlor?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

9. Where does the wizard who dies at the beginning of the book wake up after dying?
(a) A chapel.
(b) In heaven.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) In hell.

10. Who does Windle Poons run into on the bridge that he goes to just after becoming undead?
(a) Arthur Winkings.
(b) The Patrician.
(c) Sergeant Colon.
(d) Reg Shoe.

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

12. What title does the Patrician have in Ankh-Morpork?
(a) Captain.
(b) Mayoral dictator.
(c) Governor.
(d) Lieutenant Sergeant.

13. What does Bill Door have trouble grasping when trying to appear human?
(a) Love.
(b) A conscience.
(c) Common idioms and turns of phrase.
(d) Others' feelings.

14. Where do mysterious objects first start appearing in the book?
(a) In a church.
(b) A cupboard.
(c) In Windle's home.
(d) In a sink.

15. What is the name of the wolfman?
(a) Schleppel.
(b) Reg Shoe.
(c) Modo.
(d) Lupine.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How much does the woman pay Death each week for working on her farm?

5. Which of the following things does Windle NOT find mysteriously appearing at his house when he goes to retrieve some money?

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