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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. Who is the first woman to join the Ankh-Morpork City Watch?
(a) Sgt. Angua von Ãœberwald.
(b) Sgt. Amelia von Ãœberwald.
(c) Sgt. Angela von Ãœberwald.
(d) Sgt. Aurora von Ãœberwald.

2. Where does Foul Ole Ron live?
(a) Behind Misbegot Tower.
(b) In Misbegot Cathedral.
(c) Along the Misbegot River.
(d) Under the Misbegot Bridge.

3. Who is Ankh-Morpork's most enterprisingly unsuccessful entrepreneur?
(a) Cut Me Own Throat (C.M.O.T.) Dibbler.
(b) Dr. A. A. Dinwiddie.
(c) Otto Chriek.
(d) Sgt. Detritus.

4. What character intent on suicide does the protagonist interview on a fourth-floor parapet?
(a) Arthur Crank.
(b) Sgt. Detritus.
(c) Ronnie Carney.
(d) Boddony.

5. Who is generally acknowledged to be the leader of the Misbegot Bridge Crew?
(a) Coffin Henry.
(b) Gunilla Goodmountain.
(c) Dr. A. A. Dinwiddie.
(d) Harry King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the novel's protagonist?

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

3. What can reconstitute Otto after he takes iconographs?

4. Approximately how old is the Patrician's dog?

5. Who owns the establishment named the Bucket?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What are Pin and Tulip doing in the opening of The Truth? Whom do they pass?

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

8. What does the rumor of the Patrician murdering his secretary turn out to be?

9. What elements of foreshadowing can be found in pages 98-126? What objects are highlighted in this section?

10. What happens when William interviews Arthur Crank?

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