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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Death travel to the center of the universe to consult near the end of the book?
(a) The Auditors.
(b) Azreal.
(c) The Dean.
(d) The Archchancellor.

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

3. What do the wizards shout when coming to save Windle Poons?
(a) Ahoy.
(b) Hallo.
(c) See you.
(d) Yo.

4. What does the person Bill Door hires to destroy his scythe first try to destroy it with?
(a) Fire.
(b) Spanner.
(c) Boiler.
(d) Furnace.

5. How does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth he saw her name engraved?
(a) Her back.
(b) Her lifetimer.
(c) Her grave.
(d) Her birth certificate.

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

7. Who is sitting on a beam and talks to Bill Door after his lifetimer empties?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Schleppel.
(c) Azrael.
(d) Death-Of-Rats.

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

9. Which of the following things does not happen after pink tubing begins erupting from the ceiling?
(a) The music stops.
(b) Steam erupts.
(c) Singing begins.
(d) The floor trembles.

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

11. Who does Windle Poons ask Mrs. Cake to look after for him when he is ready to die?
(a) Albert.
(b) The Dean.
(c) Lupine.
(d) Modo.

12. What begins showering from the top of the pyramid?
(a) Food.
(b) Leaflets.
(c) Fabric.
(d) Flowers.

13. Who is injured in the library when trolleys escape?
(a) Windle Poons.
(b) Reg Shoe.
(c) Modo.
(d) Lupine.

14. Who predicts Windle Poons' death in a letter given to him near the end of the book?
(a) Miss Flitworth.
(b) Ludmilla.
(c) Azrael.
(d) Ixolite.

15. What does Miss Flitworth realize has changed about her looks after Death reveals she has died?
(a) She is younger.
(b) She is blind.
(c) She is wrinkled.
(d) She is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who retrieves a black disc from the ceiling?

2. Which of the following demands does Bill Door NOT make regarding a little girl, after he saves her from a fire?

3. Who does Bill Door say is the only person with a hot enough furnace for him to use to fulfill his goals?

4. What stage does One-Man-Bucket say the eggs are in when they create more cities?

5. What do the predators attacking the city begin to absorb from it?

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