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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the device Death has that measures the remaining days of his life?

2. What is the name of the river Windle Poons jumps into after becoming undead?

3. What does Miss Flitworth do when Bill Door hesitates to help a little girl in a fire?

4. What is the name of the wizard that uses a magical device to measure the ambient magical energy in Ankh-Morpork?

5. What does the narrator explain is building up in the world in the absence of death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Morris dance first described?

2. How does the narrator describe how the persona of Death was created?

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

4. How does the gardener, Modo, react when Windle Poons comes out of his grave?

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

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

7. How is Windle Poons described after the wizards bury him in a coffin while undead?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of the concept of hope in the book. How does Windle Poons' experience with undeath increase his perceptions of hope in regards to his feelings about his life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of sacrifice in the book. What impact does Miss Flitworth's sacrifice of her lifetimer sand have on Bill Door/Death's humanization in the book, and why is this act so significant to him?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the author's portrayal of man versus machine in the book. What does man possess that allows him to overcome machines despite often being overcome by them?

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