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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. Where does Death visit that he has trouble keeping anything alive that he buys?

2. Which of the following things does Bill Door NOT use to sharpen his weapon on?

3. What does Bill Door explain that the little girl he saved from a fire is living on?

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

5. Who does Bill Door hire to destroy his scythe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Bill Door race the combination harvester?

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

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

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

9. How are city eggs first described?

10. What does Mrs. Cake tell Windle Poons about the imbalance of life force between the present world and the astral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

From the beginning of the book, the author presents an element of fantasy in the scenery and characters in the book. Part 1.) How do the book's characters create a tone of fantasy? Part 2.) What elements would have been impossible without the element of fantasy? Part 3.) How does the author take advantage of fantasy when using symbolic morals to the story?

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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