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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. William agrees with his father that "lies could run around the world before the truth could" ___________.
(a) Get started.
(b) Become well known.
(c) Get its boots on.
(d) Convince one person.

2. What bleak and spartan boarding school in Ankh-Morpork is the protagonist's alma mater?
(a) Huggletown.
(b) Hugglesworth.
(c) Hugglestones.
(d) Hugglesfield.

3. What are miniature, magical, and long-eared creatures that in Discworld enable and operate various appliances?
(a) Golems.
(b) Trolls.
(c) Wizards.
(d) Imps.

4. When talking with William at the Watch headquarters, Vimes lets slip that Vetinari and Drumknott are both _____________.
(a) On the loose.
(b) Asleep.
(c) In the cells.
(d) Plotting something.

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

6. When talking with Vimes at the Watch headquarters, William lets slip that he has not published the rumor about what creature on staff?
(a) A troll.
(b) An Imp.
(c) A werewolf.
(d) A vampire.

7. Who is Ankh-Morpork's most enterprisingly unsuccessful entrepreneur?
(a) Sgt. Detritus.
(b) Dr. A. A. Dinwiddie.
(c) Otto Chriek.
(d) Cut Me Own Throat (C.M.O.T.) Dibbler.

8. Vetinari is shocked to read the Times' report of how many people being hurt in a brawl?
(a) 56.
(b) 12.
(c) 44.
(d) 33.

9. What is a wahoonie?
(a) A race.
(b) A vegetable.
(c) A vehicle.
(d) An animal.

10. Who is Foul Ole Ron's talking dog?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Gaspode.
(c) Misbegot.
(d) Boddony.

11. 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 witch.
(b) A troll.
(c) A vampire.
(d) A werewolf.

12. Who is the proprietress of a Lodging House for Respectable Working Men?
(a) Gunilla Goodmountain.
(b) Ronnie Carney.
(c) Boddony.
(d) Mrs. Eucrasia Arcanum.

13. What is Discworld's premier school of wizardry?
(a) Unseen University.
(b) The College of the Unseen.
(c) The Invisible College.
(d) Invisible University.

14. 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) Sgt. Fred Colon and Cpl. Nobby Nobbs.
(d) Pin and Tulip.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how old is the Patrician's dog?

2. William adds a lost-and-found feature and hires a zombie named _________ to write obituaries.

3. The official story of what happened to the Patrician is that he __________.

4. What happens to Otto whenever he takes an iconograph?

5. What refers to a group of Ankh-Morpork notables devoted to saving the city from oblivion?

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