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

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

3. Who gives Mrs. Cake the brush-off when she shows up at the university looking for help?
(a) Ridcully.
(b) Schleppel.
(c) Modo.
(d) One-Man-Bucket.

4. What does the narrator say the persona of Death was created from?
(a) Religion.
(b) People's understanding of death.
(c) History.
(d) God.

5. What is the name of the device Death has that measures the remaining days of his life?
(a) Lifetimer.
(b) Tear of Offler.
(c) Scythe.
(d) Snowglobe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the medium decide to ask for help after discovering the reason for the poltergeist activity in the book?

2. What kind of breakfast does Miss Flitworth feed to Bill Door?

3. What is the name that Death takes on when he acts as a human?

4. In what city is the university discussed in the book located?

5. Where do mysterious objects first start appearing in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when one of the Auditors of Reality refers to himself as I at the beginning of the book?

2. How are the wizards almost injured by a chandelier in the book?

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

4. How is Windle Poons' first suicide attempt described?

5. What does Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler tell Sergeant Colon is happening in his cellar?

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

7. How is Windle Poons' first Fresh Start Club meeting described?

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

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

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

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