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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Biers Bar, Pin and a poorly coordinated Tulip retreat from a deadly standoff with which being?
(a) A drunkard.
(b) A vampire.
(c) A half-werewolf.
(d) A troll.

2. William finds his father and is not satisfied by the father's excuse that _______________.
(a) The righteous will premail.
(b) The ends justify the means.
(c) One in the hand is worth two in the bush.
(d) The meek inherit the earth.

3. A priest from the Om temple and an enormous nun named ______________ offer assistance in dispersing the crowd attempting to pass off dogs for the reward at the Times.
(a) Sister James.
(b) Sister Jennifer.
(c) Sister Jackson.
(d) Sister Wanda.

4. William writes a story for his paper disproving women in Lancre bearing ___________.
(a) Children.
(b) Fish.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Snakes.

5. What explodes, leading to the destruction of William's print shed?
(a) Old paint tins.
(b) The oil tiles.
(c) The print machine.
(d) The roof.

6. The dwarfs believe that using black light for iconography is bad luck, but the Times iconographer justifies it using what theory?
(a) Juxtaposition of Space Theory.
(b) Quantum Theory.
(c) Time-Space Theory.
(d) Temporal Relevance Theory.

7. Near the end of the novel, William returns from comfortable, protective custody to find that Slant has beaten whom?
(a) Vimes.
(b) Lord de Worde.
(c) Otto.
(d) Sacharissa.

8. Death shows Tulip an arc of ___________, representing the lives that he and Pin have shortened?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Tulips.
(c) Rainbows.
(d) Hourglasses.

9. An old priest interrupts the incognito Pin and Tulip and gets into a discussion with Tulip about ___________.
(a) A sacred book.
(b) A wooden bowl.
(c) A silver candlestick.
(d) A golden spoon.

10. Checking Pin's pockets after he is dead, William finds the incriminating Dis-organizer, bags of jewels, and a card with what address?
(a) The Inquirer headquarters.
(b) Sacharissa's home.
(c) The Palace.
(d) The de Worde home.

11. What refers to the directory of all the nobility of Ankh-Morpork and its satellites, describing their lineage and titles?
(a) The Ankh-Morpork Ancestry Record.
(b) Anderson's Peerage.
(c) Twurp's Peerage.
(d) The de Lorde Peerage.

12. Who leads the discussion of how Vetinari cleverly gets away with it but then skips over the far-fetched political stuff to talk about vegetables in the end of the novel?
(a) Macleduff.
(b) Otto.
(c) William.
(d) Sacharissa.

13. Whom does William's father run through with his sword in the de Worde Estate at the end of the novel?
(a) Wuffles.
(b) Otto.
(c) Sacharissa.
(d) Gunilla.

14. Who kicks Pin in the groin to get him off William in a fight in the cellar?
(a) Sacharrisa.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Otto.
(d) Wuffles.

15. What is another term for a staff representing an office, authority, or baton?
(a) Gun.
(b) Beater stick.
(c) Truncheon.
(d) Doffledorf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Pin and Tulip escape to hide as William's print shed collapses?

2. Who sells Pin and Tulip a Times when they leave Biers Bar?

3. Whom does William grab across the table while demanding to know what everyone knows?

4. As Wuffles attacks Pin in the print shed at the end of the novel, a crossbow misfire hits what object?

5. When was Terry Pratchett born?

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