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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. 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.

2. What is the real identity of the enormous nun who assists in dispersing the crowd attempting to pass off dogs for the reward at the Times?
(a) Tulip.
(b) Boddony.
(c) Pin.
(d) Wuffles.

3. Otto complains about how hard it is to __________ in the big city, with its women dressed in fancy clothing.
(a) Stay on the wagon.
(b) Be truthful.
(c) Keep your mind out of the gutter.
(d) Mind your manners.

4. Who is the Archchancellor of Unseen University?
(a) Ole Foul Ron.
(b) Deep Bone.
(c) Sgt. Angua.
(d) Mustrum Ridcully.

5. What pink, talking poodle does Williams follow from the bridge to the stinking hideaway beneath when looking for Wuffles?
(a) Sgt. Angua.
(b) Mustrum Ridcully.
(c) Trixiebelle.
(d) Ole Foul Ron.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Trixiebell and Deep Bone accompany William back to the print shed, Pin and Tulip are waiting, holding whom prisoner?

2. When William dictates his news article about conspiracy and Vetinari's innocence, he credits uncovering the plot to whom?

3. After speaking with William, Dibbler accepts a commission job _________ for the Times.

4. William finds his father and is not satisfied by the father's excuse that _______________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does William hire as his lawyer in the end of the novel? Why?

2. For whom is Tulip searching in pages 163-197? Why?

3. Where does William find the money to rebuild and prove the conspiracy in pages 260-290?

4. What changes in William once he discovers his father's involvement in the plot?

5. What is the final outcome for Tulip in The Truth?

6. What argument arises about the power and danger of dark light in pages 163-197?

7. What does the addition of color do to production of the Times?

8. How does William go about finding his own proof for the Patrician's innocent in pages 163-197?

9. Why do the dwarfs attempt to break into the Inquirer's office in pages 229-260? Who do they find?

10. Why does a crowd form at the Times in pages 197-229? What does Sacharissa make of it?

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