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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bill Door hire to destroy his scythe?
(a) One-Man-Bucket.
(b) Arthur Winkings.
(c) Ned Simnel.
(d) Schleppel.

2. What does Bill Door become when his lifetimer is empty?
(a) A zombie.
(b) A vampire.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A demon.

3. What is Bill Door disgusted by regarding the new incarnation of Death when he first sees him?
(a) His blatant posing.
(b) His mask.
(c) His scythe.
(d) His new outfit.

4. Who does Bill Door say is the only person with a hot enough furnace for him to use to fulfill his goals?
(a) Windle Poons.
(b) Schleppel.
(c) The Patrician.
(d) Ned Simnel.

5. What does Bill Door flee into after his lifetimer empties?
(a) An elevator.
(b) A smithy.
(c) A car.
(d) A restaurant.

6. Who does Death send away at the end of the book?
(a) Reg Shoe.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Miss Flitworth.
(d) Albert.

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

8. Who does the person performing a séance summon during the ceremony?
(a) Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler.
(b) Senior Wrangler.
(c) Reg Shoe.
(d) One-Man-Bucket.

9. Who remembers when this all will be again at the end of the book?
(a) Death.
(b) Bill Door.
(c) Windle Poons.
(d) Azreal.

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

11. Who does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth to remind him owes him money before going to fight Death?
(a) Ned Simnel.
(b) Albert.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Mrs. Cake.

12. What does Bill Door mistake as the new incarnation of Death, in the cornfield?
(a) The combination harvester covered in a tarp.
(b) A broom.
(c) Miss Flitworth.
(d) A scarecrow.

13. What does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth the gray-robed figures that appear around them are?
(a) Grim reapers.
(b) Auditors.
(c) Deans.
(d) Bursars.

14. What room does Windle Poons break into at the Unseen University?
(a) The dean's office.
(b) The cafeteria.
(c) The library.
(d) His office.

15. What is the small piece of Death that escapes and survives?
(a) One-Man-Bucket.
(b) Schleppel.
(c) Death-Of-Rats.
(d) Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the wizards of the Unseen University behave like when Windle and the others find them in the pyramid?

2. What does Mrs. Cake say there is an imbalance in life force between?

3. What does Miss Flitworth realize has changed about her looks after Death reveals she has died?

4. Where does Death convene with the Auditors after taking back his role?

5. What does Bill Door reap for Miss Flitworth with his scythe?

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