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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. Where do the wizards believe Windle Poons should be buried after he comes back undead?
(a) In the backyard of the university.
(b) In a graveyard.
(c) At a crossroads.
(d) Under the university.

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

3. What is the name of the old, dangerous neighborhood that Windle Poons wanders into?
(a) Offler.
(b) Morpork.
(c) Shades.
(d) Ankh.

4. What is the name of the river Windle Poons jumps into after becoming undead?
(a) Smith River.
(b) Harvest River.
(c) Ankh River.
(d) Morpork River.

5. What does the narrator consider the life of that only lives one day and never eats?
(a) Dragonfly.
(b) Cicada.
(c) Ant.
(d) Mayflies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Mrs. Cake the brush-off when she shows up at the university looking for help?

2. What does Bill Door think Miss Flitworth's parlor reminds him of?

3. Who is Bill Door able to accurately describe to Miss Flitworth that surprises her?

4. What room does Windle Poons break into at the Unseen University?

5. What is the name of the bashful banshee who passes notes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the gray robes that the wizards conjure tell them about Death?

3. How do the wizards bury Windle Poons at a crossroad?

4. How do Windle's friends react after he comes back from the dead?

5. What does Windle Poons' spirit do after Death doesn't show up to collect him?

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

7. How does Bill Door use the scythe to cut Miss Fitworth's grass?

8. What does Bill Door do to Miss Flitworth's clock while visiting with her?

9. How is Miss Flitwotrh's parlor described in the book?

10. What does the narrator explain is the repercussion of the absence of death?

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