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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. What clothes seller in Pseudopolis is a look-alike for the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Lord Havelock Vetinari.
(c) Sgt. Angua.
(d) Boddony.

2. According to Vimes, Vetinari was found unconscious in the stables with how much money?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $70,000.
(c) $85,000.
(d) $115,000.

3. What character is about 34 years old, skinny, smelly, and chain smokes without exhaling?
(a) Rufus Drumknott.
(b) Sgt. Detritus.
(c) Cpl. Nobby Nobbs.
(d) Sgt. Fred Colon.

4. What job does William give to Sacharissa Crisplock to placate her in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Nun.
(b) Cook.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Nurse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can reconstitute Otto after he takes iconographs?

2. Who is generally acknowledged to be the leader of the Misbegot Bridge Crew?

3. What citizen of Ankh-Morpork regularly brings to the office of the Ankh-Morpork Times oddly-shaped vegetables that he has grown?

4. What creatures are small and heavily-bearded people who always dress in chain mail and iron helmets and carry battle axes?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What temptation does Otto face when Sacharissa is injured in pages 98-126? Why?

3. What is revealed about the City Watch and Commander Vimes in pages 32-64?

4. What happens when William interviews Arthur Crank?

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

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

7. What effect does the iconograph machine have on Otto? How does the iconographer work?

8. What happens to the thief who accosts Pin and Tulip in pages 98-126? What "prize" does Tulip gain?

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

10. How are Tulip and Pin described in the narrative? What was Pratchett's inspiration for the characters?

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