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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the university discussed in the book?
(a) Domain University.
(b) Wizard University.
(c) Unseen University.
(d) Harvest University.

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

4. In what city is the university discussed in the book located?
(a) Discworld.
(b) Ankh-Morpock.
(c) Howendorth.
(d) Offler.

5. What is the name of the wizard that is dying at the beginning of the book?
(a) Reg Shoe.
(b) Arthur Winkings.
(c) Windle Poons.
(d) Bill Door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the wolfman?

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

3. What is Windle Poons disappointed to realize about being undead after visiting a dangerous neighborhood?

4. What is the name of the spirit friend the medium contacts to find out why the poltergeist activity is occurring?

5. What is the name of the wife of the male vampire at the Fresh Start Club?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bill Door react after Miss Flitworth asks him to help her kill rats and a chicken?

2. How does the narrator compare two experiences of life with mayflies and pine trees?

3. What happens when Windle Poons realizes Schleppel followed him home after the Fresh Start Club meeting?

4. What happens when Mrs. Cake contacts One-Man-Bucket for the first time in the book?

5. How does the gardener, Modo, react when Windle Poons comes out of his grave?

6. How is the nature of Lupine's character first described in the book?

7. How is Windle Poons' death described in the book?

8. How does Senior Wrangler try and investigate the inanimate object appearing in Discworld?

9. How do the wizards try to attack Windle Poons after he comes back from the dead?

10. How is Bill Door first accepted around town after moving there?

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