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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 is Otto Chriek's position for the Ankh-Morpork Times?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Delivery person.
(c) Iconographer.
(d) Editor.

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

3. When talking with William, the head of the forensic unit of the City Watch lets slip that the jailed Patrician has suffered what event?
(a) A blow to the head.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Internal bleeding.
(d) A broken leg.

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

5. What was fired at the Patrician's dog, missing and lodging in the carpet, forming prime evidence?
(a) A laser.
(b) A gun.
(c) A crossbow.
(d) A slingshot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacharissa's first story for William's paper is about what competition?

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

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

4. After William leaves the Watch headquarters, Angua warns Vimes not to underestimate William's powers of ___________.

5. William and Sacharissa are interrupted in the beginning of the novel by a short and red-faced man who presents which possible story idea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the narrative style of The Truth. What stylistic elements depart from traditional format?

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

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

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

6. What is William's reaction to the outselling of the Times in pages 32-64? How has his audience changed?

7. Why does William go to the engravers in the beginning of the novel? How is the engraver's office described?

8. What does William discover about the City Watch when he goes to investigate the murder at the Palace?

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

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

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