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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. What does the abbot say about each of his lives?

2. Why does Death explain that people don't seem to see him?

3. What does Death tell Mort is the reason that his father is acting so strangely when he is questioning Death?

4. Who are the Listeners?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mort tell Ysabell about his trouble and what does she respond?

2. What does Ysabell explain about her relationship with Death and her life there with him?

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

4. Describe what is going through Mort's mind when he first wakes up in Death's home.

5. Describe the conversation that Death and Mort have when Mort first explains that things didn't go as smoothly as they should have for the first three charges he was sent after.

6. Describe what happens when Mort is waiting to become an apprentice.

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

8. What happens when Mort walks in the Shades in Ankh-Morpork?

9. Describe the scene while Princess Keli is laying in bed listening to sounds not being made.

10. Describe the barrier wall that reality is creating because of Mort's interaction.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Speculate on the reasons that Mort is only able to walk through walls when he isn't paying attention to them.

Part 2) What does Mort mean when he says that Death is whoever does Death's job?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) What does Ysabell mean when she says that Death cannot create, he can only make copies?

Part 2) In what ways does Death contradict the image that Ysabell and Albert create in their descriptions of him?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What does Ysabell add to Mort?

Part 2) Do they seem like they will be well suited in marriage? Explain why or why not?

Part 3) How is marriage viewed or described in the story?

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