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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 does Death visit that he has trouble keeping anything alive that he buys?
(a) A flower shop.
(b) A cake shop.
(c) A candy shop.
(d) A lingerie shop.

2. Who glories in using his magic to destroy trolleys, but is unsuccessful?
(a) The Archchancellor.
(b) The Patrician.
(c) The Dean.
(d) The Bursar.

3. What does Miss Flitworth realize Bill Door's arm really is when she touches it?
(a) Flesh.
(b) Bone.
(c) Fat.
(d) Muscle.

4. 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.

5. Which of the following demands does Bill Door NOT make regarding a little girl, after he saves her from a fire?
(a) Someone must fetch an apothocary.
(b) There must be no magic.
(c) Everyone must stay with her.
(d) No one can remove anything from the girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prepares a séance?

2. What is the name of the invention the town blacksmith creates and shows to Bill Door and Miss Flitworth?

3. What does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth the gray-robed figures that appear around them are?

4. What does Bill Door mistake as the new incarnation of Death, in the cornfield?

5. Who does Death travel to the center of the universe to consult near the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Archchancellor Ridcully defeat a living compost heap in the book?

2. How do the wizards react when the trolleys begin increasing in number?

3. What favor does Windle Poons ask of Mrs. Cake before wandering off in the book?

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

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

6. How does Bill Door race the combination harvester?

7. How is Death's meeting with the Auditors atop a mountain described?

8. What does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth about the nature of borrowed time?

9. What is the nature of the leaflets Windle Poons finds coming from the top of the pyramid?

10. What does Miss Flitworth do when Death reveals she is dead?

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