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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. Who is Bill Door able to accurately describe to Miss Flitworth that surprises her?

2. What is the name of the medium's daughter that is a werewolf?

3. What is the name of the bashful banshee who passes notes?

4. What does Miss Flitworth try to kill with poisoned food?

5. What does Bill Door claim he has no belief in after admitting he is afraid of dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bill Door react when Miss Flitworth tells him to save a little girl from a fire?

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

3. How is Bill Door first accepted around town after moving there?

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

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

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

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

8. How is the Morris dance first described?

9. What happens when Windle Poons realizes Schleppel followed him home after the Fresh Start Club meeting?

10. How does Senior Wrangler try and investigate the inanimate object appearing in Discworld?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the symbolism that dance has in the book. What significance do the two dances, the Morris dance and the harvest dance, have in the portrayal of the circle of life in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Windle Poons as a wizard to what he becomes when he is undead. How is Windle Poons able to grow more emotionally and find more fulfillment through his undeath and what might the author be saying about the importance of living a full life through his character?

Essay Topic 3

Death's incredible work ethic is shown throughout the book when he is both the persona of Death and Bill Door. Part 1.) How does Death's work ethic as Death compare to his work on Miss Flitworth's farm as a human? Part 2.) Why does Death feel a good work ethic is important? Part 3.) What is telling about the nature of Death based on his hard work ethic that is portrayed in the book?

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