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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What newspaper does William de Worde establish in the novel?
(a) The Morprk Herald.
(b) Ankh-Morpork Times.
(c) The Ankh Reporter.
(d) The Ankh Tribune.

3. What unimaginative member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch was born above the snow line on a distant mountain and never saw a human until he was five?
(a) Sgt. Fred Colon.
(b) Sgt. Angua.
(c) Cpl. Nobby Nobbs.
(d) Sgt. Detritus.

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

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

6. 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 vampire.
(c) A troll.
(d) A werewolf.

7. What does Vetinari claim most normal people crave instead of actual news?
(a) "Olds."
(b) "Stories."
(c) "Tales."
(d) "Accounts."

8. How many dwarfs have migrated to Ankh-Morpork in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) 145,000.

9. What is Otto Chriek's position for the Ankh-Morpork Times?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Editor.
(c) Delivery person.
(d) Iconographer.

10. In a meeting with William, Vetinari wonders why normal people need ________.
(a) Magazines.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Bibles.
(d) Books.

11. What position does Duke Samuel Vimes hold with the Ankh-Morpork City Watch?
(a) Admiral.
(b) General.
(c) Commander.
(d) Sergeant.

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

13. 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) A blow to the head.
(b) Internal bleeding.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) Food poisoning.

14. Where did the Patrician's dog bite both Pin and Tulip?
(a) The neck.
(b) The buttocks.
(c) The arm.
(d) The ankle.

15. Vetinari, upon first arriving at William's office, has his fears allayed that the shed is not built on a crack in _________.
(a) The cement.
(b) The worlds crust.
(c) Space-time.
(d) The soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the patient, hardworking, logical, and indestructible people who protect Ankh-Morpork from the ever-present threat of fire?

2. What river divides Ankh-Morpork?

3. When William arrives at Watch headquarters, Vimes forbids William taking notes, lest he be humiliated as which other person?

4. Who is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?

5. On what street are the Ankh-Morpork Inquirer headquarters located?

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