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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 the river Windle Poons jumps into after becoming undead?

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

3. What room does Windle Poons break into at the Unseen University?

4. How long do Bill Door and Miss Flitworth sit in silence when he visits her in her parlor?

5. Where do mysterious objects first start appearing in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do the wizards bury Windle Poons at a crossroad?

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

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

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

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

The concept of death is the leading theme in the book's overall message to readers. Part 1.) What can we learn about the nature of how others perceive death based on the narrator's suggestion that is created by our feelings toward it? Part 2.) How does Death's escape into the world as Bill Door suggest flaws in our perceptions of the nature of death? Part 3.) How can it be argued that death is the central theme found in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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