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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 45-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Listeners?
(a) A group of audio-scientists.
(b) A basketball team.
(c) The oldest religous sect on Discworld.
(d) People who commune with the dead.

2. What does Mort give the guard at the gate so that he can gain admittance?
(a) A book.
(b) A head of cabbage.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) The horse he is riding.

3. Why does Death explain that people don't seem to see him?
(a) Human eyes can't see beyond this world.
(b) It is magic.
(c) Death alters their minds.
(d) They won't allow themselves to.

4. Why does Ysabell pinch Mort?
(a) To keep him from walking in the room.
(b) To show him who is boss.
(c) Because he had a bug on him.
(d) To make sure he is alive.

5. What does Death say is the reason that the King doesn't feel sad?
(a) There are no tears where the king is headed.
(b) Death is where we are all meant to go.
(c) Emotions get left behind in the glands.
(d) Shock he supposes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Death say about his job?

2. What does Cutwell answer when Mort asks if it is possible to walk through walls without using magic?

3. What does Lezek say happened to Mort because his grandmother taught him how to read?

4. What does Mort notice when Death walks through a crowd?

5. What does Lezek say when Mort says he will be sure to write?

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