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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Goodie leave directions with regarding her personal belongings?

2. What is the witch, Goodie Hamstring, doing when Mort enters?

3. What does Death say can see him in his true form?

4. What are the items called that pour the moments of every living person's life from the future into the past?

5. What does the 103-year-old woman comment on when Mort arrives to take her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the difficulty that Keli soon finds that she is having?

2. Explain what Mort does once he has arrived at Sto Lat.

3. Why does Lezek decide to take his son to town to become an apprentice?

4. Describe the relationship between Albert and Death as seen by Mort?

5. Who is the first person that Mort is sent to attend to on his own and what happens?

6. What does Ysabell tell Mort when she is explaining that Mort cannot be an apprentice?

7. What changes have taken place in Mort that are described when Mort first walks into the tavern?

8. What do the men in the tavern notice about Mort?

9. Describe what happens when Mort is with Death as the king is about to be assassinated.

10. Explain who the Listeners are.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Describe Mort's father? Is there any indication as to what type of relationship they had?

Part 2) Speculate on the reasons why Mort's father isn't seen again.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) What different methods does the author use to convey humor in the story?

Part 2) What would you have done differently if you had been writing Mort? What would you have omitted and why?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Describe the wizards at the Unseen University.

Part 2) How do these wizards compare with Albert?

Part 3) How does Albert's life as a servant compare with how he acts when he returns to the Unseen University? Speculate on the reasons for this change.

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