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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The crime scene at the Oblong Office reeks of what smell?
(a) Urine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Peppermint.

3. What is the name of the beloved pet of Lord Havelock Vetinari?
(a) Woody.
(b) Wuffles.
(c) Waffles.
(d) Wimpy.

4. What can reconstitute Otto after he takes iconographs?
(a) A drop of honey.
(b) A drop of blood.
(c) A drop of wine.
(d) A grop of water.

5. Vimes tells William about three maids finding Vetinari holding a knife and claiming to be sorry for killing whom?
(a) Drumknott.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Igor.
(d) Sgt. Detritus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is for seven years the President of the Guild of Shoemakers and Leathermakers and favored to succeed the dishonored Patrician?

2. What does Tulip's apron say when he takes a barbecue set?

3. Whom does William see crawling in the shadows at the Watch headquarters when he is meeting with Vimes?

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

5. How much do Slant and Ronald Carney of the newly combined Guild of Engravers and Printers demand for a one-time shakedown fee from William?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why is a plot developed against the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?

2. With what phrase in pages 98-126 does William agree with his father for once?

3. Who is the Patrician's look-alike? What other characters are introduced in pages 32-64?

4. What does William fear about the Times' growth in pages 32-64?

5. How is William's relationship with his father described in the novel? How does William's education relate to his occupation?

6. How does the discussion between William and the Patrician in pages 64-98 illuminate the theme of truth?

7. What news opens the novel The Truth? Who records this news?

8. What does the Ankh-Morpork Inquirer do in an attempt to shut down the Times in pages 98-126?

9. What clues does William discover and expand on in the Oblong Office in pages 98-126?

10. What skills as a reporter does William learn in pages 98-126? How does he hold up against Carney and Slant?

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