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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. What does the Archchancellor scold Windle Poons for his lack of when trying to make him die again?

3. What is the name of the old woman who Death finds work with as a human?

4. Who gives Mrs. Cake the brush-off when she shows up at the university looking for help?

5. What is the name of Death's horse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the gardener, Modo, react when Windle Poons comes out of his grave?

3. How is Windle Poons described after the wizards bury him in a coffin while undead?

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

5. What happens when Bill Door sees a gray figure with his shattered lifetimer in the barn during a dream?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of the concept of reality in the book. How is the natural portrayal of reality skewed in the book and what factors lead to this alteration in reality?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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