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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. Whom does Pin accidentally behead trying to escape the dwarf attack outside the Times office?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Crank.
(c) Otto.
(d) Boddony.

2. Where does William find Sacharissa haranguing Dibbler about writing believable untruths for the Inquirer?
(a) Under Gleam Street.
(b) Under Smith Street.
(c) Behind Dibbler's house.
(d) In the attic of the Times headquarters.

3. While at the de Worde Estate, what does William demand that Father do, lest William publish everything that he has just recorded on he Dis-organizer?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Kill Otto.
(d) Admit his wrongs publicly.

4. A priest from the Om temple and an enormous nun named ______________ offer assistance in dispersing the crowd attempting to pass off dogs for the reward at the Times.
(a) Sister Jackson.
(b) Sister Jennifer.
(c) Sister Wanda.
(d) Sister James.

5. In Biers Bar, Pin and a poorly coordinated Tulip retreat from a deadly standoff with which being?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A drunkard.
(c) A half-werewolf.
(d) A troll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Pin and Tulip do with the bag of dogs after escaping the Times headquarters?

2. Dwarf brides and grooms use the gold to buy what?

3. What survived the fire but then went through William's arm in a fight with Pin?

4. What does the enormous nun do with the terriers brought for the reward by the crowd to the Times?

5. Who is the Archchancellor of Unseen University?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William feel about his father's bigotry? How is this illustrated in pages 163-197?

2. What theological discussion do Pin and Tulip share in pages 229-260?

3. What excuse of Lord de Worde's does William refuse to accept in the final section of the book?

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

5. What symbolic argument takes place between William and Vimes in pages 163-197?

6. How does William's sense of the truth affect him as a newspaper writer?

7. What demand does William make of his father in the final section of the book? What is Lord de Worde's response?

8. What do Pin and Tulip do with the terriers in pages 163-197? How are the terriers saved?

9. What does Otto resist doing to Lord de Worde in the end of the novel?

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

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