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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 do the indistinct gray figures say the incarnation of Death has developed at the beginning of the book?

2. Where does Windle Poons retrieve some hidden money?

3. What does a small child tell Bill Door he looks like just after moving to Discworld?

4. What does Bill Door have trouble grasping when trying to appear human?

5. What inanimate objects first begin moving on their own in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when Windle Poons goes into the Shades?

7. How is Windle Poons' death described in the book?

8. How is the Morris dance first described?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

From the beginning of the book, the author presents an element of fantasy in the scenery and characters in the book. Part 1.) How do the book's characters create a tone of fantasy? Part 2.) What elements would have been impossible without the element of fantasy? Part 3.) How does the author take advantage of fantasy when using symbolic morals to the story?

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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