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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. Who paints Fresh Start Club graffiti in the book?

2. What does everyone at the dance call Death near the end of the book?

3. What color are the baskets the group finds inside the pyramid?

4. What stage does One-Man-Bucket say the eggs are in when they create more cities?

5. Who does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth to remind him owes him money before going to fight Death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bill Door become Death once again?

2. How does Death retrieve the Fear of Offer diamond?

3. How does Bill Door race the combination harvester?

4. What does Windle Poons decide about what it means for a city to be alive?

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

6. What favor does Windle Poons ask of Mrs. Cake before wandering off in the book?

7. What is the nature of Bill Door's request for Ned Simnel to destroy his scythe?

8. How are city eggs first described?

9. What does Bill Door reveal to Miss Flitworth when she tells him her first name?

10. What instructions does Bill Door make after rescuing the little girl from a fire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of principles that is presented in the book. How does Death's principles define him even in his human form as Bill Door, and what does this suggest about the nature of his character?

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

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?

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