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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 is injured in the library when trolleys escape?

2. Who paints Fresh Start Club graffiti in the book?

3. How many devastating spells does the Dean announce he will use to destroy the hive?

4. What interrupts the wizards' discussions of how to fight the ghosts at the Unseen University?

5. What does Modo realize has begun to move on its own, and later attacks him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Windle Poons break into the library of the Unseen University?

5. How is Death's meeting with the Auditors atop a mountain described?

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

7. What is in Miss Flitworth's three chests she keeps on her dresser?

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

9. Why can't Bill Door pick up his scythe when he becomes a ghost?

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

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

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

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?

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