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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tulip wear on a string around his neck, which assures him of returning to life after he dies, no matter what he has done?
(a) A carrot.
(b) A precious stone.
(c) A potato.
(d) Garlic.

3. Standing in the circle of chairs, Slant reports the missing dog but discounts its importance to whom?
(a) Himself.
(b) It's owner.
(c) The Watch.
(d) Sgt. Angua von Überwald.

4. Who steals Pin's potato as Death makes Pin disappear in a flash of blue light?
(a) The Death Shadows.
(b) The Death Bats.
(c) The Death Rats.
(d) The Death Trolls.

5. At the noodle place where William and Sacharissa go at the end of the novel, a brewer's dray runs out of control, dumping how much beer?
(a) 100 gallons.
(b) 10 gallons.
(c) 200 gallons.
(d) 40 gallons.

6. Who is the longest-surviving lodger at the Lodging House for Respectable Working Men?
(a) Rufus Drumknott.
(b) Mr. Mackleduff.
(c) Tuttle Scrope.
(d) Mr. Slant.

7. As Wuffles attacks Pin in the print shed at the end of the novel, a crossbow misfire hits what object?
(a) An oil lamp.
(b) A painting.
(c) A chair.
(d) A vase.

8. William and Otto arrive at the palace at the end of the novel, where __________ mother has sent a note claiming that he is sick.
(a) Scrope's.
(b) Mr. Downey's.
(c) Macleduff's.
(d) Sacharissa's.

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

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

11. What do Pin and Tulip break into the Temple of Om to steal?
(a) Clerical attire.
(b) Books.
(c) Documents.
(d) Gold.

12. What is Foul Ole Ron's favorite word?
(a) Pinkot.
(b) Bugrit.
(c) Wuffle.
(d) Dog.

13. Biers Bar caters to whom?
(a) The undead.
(b) The rich.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The poor.

14. What zombie does Pin want to talk to again before leaving town after fulfilling part of his contract with Tulip?
(a) Mr. Slant.
(b) Charlie.
(c) William.
(d) Wuffles.

15. Who is an enormous, pink, and thin-haired man who dresses in shirtsleeves and constantly smokes a huge cigar to protect him from the odors of his profession?
(a) Ole Foul Ron.
(b) Wuffles.
(c) Harry King.
(d) Deep Bone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who steams her sinuses, lamenting that they cannot arrest William without revealing that she is a werewolf?

2. How many thugs does William's father summon to take William away in the end of the novel?

3. Near the end of the novel, William returns from comfortable, protective custody to find that Slant has beaten whom?

4. What explodes, leading to the destruction of William's print shed?

5. Where does Gaspode dive when he comes to the bridge and sees all the other dogs?

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