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

2. What does Miss Flitworth ask Bill Door to kill for her?

3. How does Bill Door awaken from a dream in the book?

4. What kind of breakfast does Miss Flitworth feed to Bill Door?

5. What is the name of the wolfman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when Mrs. Cake contacts One-Man-Bucket for the first time in the book?

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

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 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

Discuss the author's portrayal of class in the book. How does the author portray the undead characters in the book as a lesser class than humans, wizards and other characters and what deeper meaning might he wish for you to gain from this presentation?

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