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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 take Miss Flitworth near the end of the book?
(a) The silver dance.
(b) The Morris dance.
(c) The harvest dance.
(d) The gold dance.

2. Where does Death convene with the Auditors after taking back his role?
(a) In a building.
(b) In the ocean.
(c) Under the sea.
(d) Atop a mountain.

3. Who is injured in the library when trolleys escape?
(a) Modo.
(b) Lupine.
(c) Windle Poons.
(d) Reg Shoe.

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

5. Who does Death travel to the center of the universe to consult near the end of the book?
(a) The Auditors.
(b) The Archchancellor.
(c) The Dean.
(d) Azreal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town blacksmith?

2. What does the new incarnation of Death wear that angers Bill Door?

3. What does the Archchancellor claim he believes the compost heap to be made of?

4. What animal works as the university librarian?

5. What does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth he regrets when he realizes he is about to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the combination harvester first described?

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

3. What is the nature of Bill Door's request for Ned Simnel to destroy his scythe?

4. How do Miss Flitworth and Bill Door try to save their harvest during a hailstorm?

5. How are city eggs first described?

6. What does Bill Door reveal to Miss Flitworth when she tells him her first name?

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

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

9. How does Death retrieve the Fear of Offer diamond?

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

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