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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins them at the last moment, swimming out to meet them?
(a) Rincewind.
(b) The God of Evolution.
(c) Scrappy.
(d) Stibbons.

2. How many pints does Crocodile Dongo tell Rincewind he drank?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Twenty.

3. What do the wizards debate when they regroup?
(a) The inevitability of finding food.
(b) The way to make a new boat.
(c) The whereabouts of Rincewind.
(d) The use of magic to get home.

4. What message is Rincewind given?
(a) To examine the hinges.
(b) That Scrappy is waiting at the pub.
(c) That Death awaits him anxiously.
(d) That daring escapes are impossible.

5. Why does the God of Evolution become vexed?
(a) Stibbons refuses to navigate the Melon Boat.
(b) The wizards refuse to go.
(c) The elephants are the only thing that functions.
(d) Mrs. Whitlow refuses to discuss how reproduction happens.

Short Answer Questions

1. To be safe, what do the wizards believe they should do?

2. What does the hostility of the wizards attract?

3. What is a billybong?

4. Why does Rincewind string corks to his hat?

5. What makes the Dean want to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident causes Rincewind to be incarcerated?

2. What does the God of Evolution suggest that Stibbons start with in his efforts to help and to learn and what does the God believe?

3. What is at first lost and then returns to the wizards from the boat and how is this helpful to the wizards?

4. What few simple pleasures does Rincewind enjoy at the dry waterhole?

5. As Stibbons wakes up, what vague visions does he have, what does he believe is the fate of the ohter wizards and who is the only wizard who appears to have enjoyed the sensation?

6. What does Rincewind notice about the Roo Beer poster and how does it help him during the sheep shearing contest?

7. What tales does Crocodile Dongo regale Rincewind with?

8. Why do the wizards question Stibbons' intentions on Mono Island and what do they hope he might accomplish?

9. Where does Rincewind go when he is fleeing the watchmen?

10. What problems is the God of Evolution experiencing and what offer does Stibbons make?

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