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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does William give to Sacharissa Crisplock to placate her in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Nun.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Cook.

2. What refers to a group of Ankh-Morpork notables devoted to saving the city from oblivion?
(a) Council to Unelect the Patrician.
(b) Committee to Unelect the Patrician.
(c) Council to Impeach the Patrician.
(d) Committee to Impeach the Patrician.

3. According to William, letters prove that people want to believe _________.
(a) The truth.
(b) The lies.
(c) The worst.
(d) The best.

4. When talking with William, the head of the forensic unit of the City Watch lets slip that the jailed Patrician has suffered what event?
(a) Internal bleeding.
(b) A blow to the head.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) Food poisoning.

5. When talking with Vimes at the Watch headquarters, William suggests that the peppermint at the crime scene may have been used to thwart what creature?
(a) A werewolf.
(b) A vampire.
(c) A troll.
(d) A witch.

6. Rumors arise in the beginning of the novel that dwarfs are able to turn __________into gold.
(a) Silver.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Lead.
(d) Dew.

7. Sacharissa's first story for William's paper is about what competition?
(a) The Dolly Sisters Baking and Flower Circle Annual Competition.
(b) The Mystery Meat Pizza Soiree.
(c) The Swanson Sweet Potato Bakeoff.
(d) The Dolly Sisters Sweet Potato Caserole Competition.

8. What group of professionals who traditionally control all printing in Ankh-Morpork raise their rates three times in a year?
(a) The Guild of Carvers.
(b) The Guild of Printers.
(c) The Guild of Etchers.
(d) The Guild of Engravers.

9. While at the Watch headquarters, what picture does Vimes give to William to publish in his paper?
(a) A duck.
(b) Wuffles.
(c) A tree.
(d) A river.

10. What invention is Otto working on for taking pictures with light from the other side of darkness that only imps can see?
(a) An "invisigraph."
(b) An "obscurograph."
(c) A "fuzzograph."
(d) A "blurograph."

11. What does Tulip's apron say when he takes a barbecue set?
(a) "Kill the Cook!"
(b) "Kiss the Cook!"
(c) "Hate the Cook!"
(d) "Love the Cook!"

12. William adds a lost-and-found feature and hires a zombie named _________ to write obituaries.
(a) Mr. Bubbly.
(b) Mr. Bobo.
(c) Mr. Bartrand.
(d) Mr. Bendy.

13. On guard duty in the beginning of the novel, Sgt. Colon and Cpl. Nobbs admit to seeing a rowboat in which who was bickering?
(a) Dr. A. A. Dinwiddie.
(b) Mrs. Eucrasia Arcanum and her Boarders.
(c) Pin and Tulip.
(d) Sgt. Fred Colon and Cpl. Nobby Nobbs.

14. Who is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?
(a) Boddony.
(b) Lord Havelock Vetinari.
(c) William de Worde.
(d) Sgt. Angua.

15. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer's first issue headlines a woman giving birth to what?
(a) A horse.
(b) An otter.
(c) A cobra.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vetinari is shocked to read the Times' report of how many people being hurt in a brawl?

2. How many dwarfs have migrated to Ankh-Morpork in the beginning of the novel?

3. What is Otto Chriek's position for the Ankh-Morpork Times?

4. What character is about 34 years old, skinny, smelly, and chain smokes without exhaling?

5. What do the small dog and figure wearing a strange and grubby coat and a brimmed hat in the beginning of the novel share?

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