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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 that Death takes on when he acts as a human?

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

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

4. Which of the following items do Windle Poons' friends not do against him to try and make him die again?

5. What is the name of the bridge where Windle Poons goes after becoming undead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator explain is the repercussion of the absence of death?

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

4. How do Windle's friends react after he comes back from the dead?

5. How is the Morris dance first described?

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator compare two experiences of life with mayflies and pine trees?

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

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

After experiencing the life of the undead, Windle Poons realizes what it means to truly live. Part 1.) What might the author be saying about many people's tendency to take life for granted based on Windle's experience in the book? Part 2.) What impact does living life as Bill Door have on Death's desire to have a life outside of his persona? Part 3.) What appears to be the author's overall message regarding the important things in life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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