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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 tell Miss Flitworth he regrets when he realizes he is about to die?
(a) Not eating more.
(b) Not preparing more.
(c) Not falling in love.
(d) Never having a child.

2. How many devastating spells does the Dean announce he will use to destroy the hive?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. What does Bill Door believe the new incarnation of Death lacks?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Niceness.
(d) Professionalism.

4. What stage does One-Man-Bucket say the eggs are in when they create more cities?
(a) Alive.
(b) Active.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Fractured.

5. Who stays behind in the room and struggles against pink tubing so others can escape?
(a) Windle Poons.
(b) Bill Door.
(c) Schleppel.
(d) Miss Flitworth.

6. What do the group find the inside of the pyramid decorated with when they first enter it?
(a) Mutants.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Plants.
(d) Animals.

7. What does Modo realize has begun to move on its own, and later attacks him?
(a) A trash can.
(b) A dumpster.
(c) A grave.
(d) A compost heap.

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

9. Who gives Bill Door some sand from their lifetimer after his empties?
(a) Azrael.
(b) Reg Shoe.
(c) Windle Poons.
(d) Miss Flitworth.

10. How long is Mrs. Cake's precognition that she turns off in the book?
(a) 10 seconds.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 1 minute.
(d) 20 seconds.

11. What does Bill Door reap for Miss Flitworth with his scythe?
(a) Peas.
(b) Hay.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Corn

12. What interrupts the wizards' discussions of how to fight the ghosts at the Unseen University?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) A laugh.
(c) A cry.
(d) A scream.

13. What does everyone at the dance call Death near the end of the book?
(a) Good Old Bill.
(b) Ole Sam.
(c) Death.
(d) Frank.

14. What kind of music begins playing from inside the pyramid?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Loud.
(d) Tuneless.

15. What do the predators attacking the city begin to absorb from it?
(a) Its essence.
(b) Its color.
(c) Its happiness.
(d) Its sanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the world's largest diamond in the book?

2. What is the name of the town blacksmith?

3. Who appears to Death after he sends a friend away at the end of the book?

4. Whose curse words first turn into small flying creatures?

5. What does Bill Door say to Miss Flitworth just as Death appears on a horse?

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