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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 Death's loyal human assistant?

2. What do the mysterious objects that begin appearing in the book resemble?

3. What do the townsfolk refer to Bill Door as?

4. Which of the following things does Windle NOT find mysteriously appearing at his house when he goes to retrieve some money?

5. What does Bill Door try and amuse townsfolk with his poor skills in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the gray robes that the wizards conjure tell them about Death?

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

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

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

10. What does Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler tell Sergeant Colon is happening in his cellar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the nature of the persona of Bill Door that is portrayed in the book. Part 1.) What does Death becoming Bill Door allow him to learn about the nature of the world that he wasn't able to grasp as the persona of Death? Part 2.) How did this persona allow him to grow as a person?

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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