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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 believe the new incarnation of Death lacks?

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

3. How does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth he saw her name engraved?

4. Who does Death travel to the center of the universe to consult near the end of the book?

5. Who gives Bill Door some sand from their lifetimer after his empties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Flitworth do when Death reveals she is dead?

2. What does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth about the nature of borrowed time?

3. How do the wizards react when the trolleys begin increasing in number?

4. What is the nature of the leaflets Windle Poons finds coming from the top of the pyramid?

5. How does Bill Door feel about the person who replaced him as the persona of Death?

6. How is the inside of the pyramid described when Windle Poons and the others first enter it?

7. How is Death and Miss Flitworth's dancing at the harvest dance described?

8. How do Miss Flitworth and Bill Door try to save their harvest during a hailstorm?

9. How is Death's visit to a flower shop described?

10. How does Miss Flitworth learn that Bill Door is really Death?

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

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?

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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