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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 is the small piece of Death that escapes and survives?
(a) Death-Of-Rats.
(b) One-Man-Bucket.
(c) Schleppel.
(d) Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler.

2. What kind of alcohol casks cause the barn that Bill Door was staying in to blow up?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Brandy.

3. Which of the following things is not in the chest of Miss Flitworth's that does not contain gold?
(a) White shoes.
(b) A music box.
(c) A wedding veil.
(d) Photographs.

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

5. What is Bill Door disgusted by regarding the new incarnation of Death when he first sees him?
(a) His mask.
(b) His new outfit.
(c) His blatant posing.
(d) His scythe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Bill Door some sand from their lifetimer after his empties?

2. How long is Mrs. Cake's precognition that she turns off in the book?

3. What does the person Bill Door hires to destroy his scythe first try to destroy it with?

4. Who does Windle Poons ask Mrs. Cake to allow to come with him on an investigation?

5. Who remembers when this all will be again at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Arthur removes a black disc from the ceiling of the pyramid?

2. What does Windle Poons decide about what it means for a city to be alive?

3. What does Windle Poons say he has learned about himself after dying at the end of the book?

4. How is the combination harvester first described?

5. How does Schleppel help people escape the pink tubing in the book?

6. What instructions does Bill Door make after rescuing the little girl from a fire?

7. How does Windle Poons break into the library of the Unseen University?

8. Why can't Bill Door pick up his scythe when he becomes a ghost?

9. What does Mrs. Cake tell Windle Poons about the imbalance of life force between the present world and the astral?

10. How is Mrs. Cake's séance with One-Man-Bucket described?

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