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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. How old is the wizard that is dying at the beginning of the book?

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

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

4. What kind of tree does the narrator discuss as living thousands of years in the book?

5. What does Bill Door think Miss Flitworth's parlor reminds him of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the nature of Lupine's character first described in the book?

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

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

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

6. What happens when Bill Door sees a gray figure with his shattered lifetimer in the barn during a dream?

7. How is Miss Flitwotrh's parlor described in the book?

8. How does Death find a job after taking of the persona of Bill Door?

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

10. How are the wizards almost injured by a chandelier in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the wizards' attempts at solving the pyramid crisis with Windle and his groups'. How has Windle's point of view and ability to problem solve change after becoming undead in comparison to his former wizard friends, and what factors can be credited for this change?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The scythe creates the opportunity for much symbolism in the book. Part 1.) What role does the scythe play in the destruction of the new persona of Death and what might this symbolize about the nature of this new persona? Part 2.) How does Death's scythe support his need to work hard? Part 3.) How does the author use the image of the scythe to represent death throughout the book?

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