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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. Which of the following is NOT said about cabbages?

2. How are men that are reannual growers described?

3. What shocks the patrons of the tavern when Mort leaves?

4. What happens to the owner of the tavern after the strange mist wall comes through the tavern?

5. What does Mort's second charge say when Mort enters the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Death explain to Mort about interfering in the natural course of events?

2. Describe what happens in Cutwell's home?

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

4. Describe what Mort and Ysabell tell each other on the way to the pond.

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

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

7. What happens when Mort walks through the wall in the alley?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Why does no one call Mort by his name?

Part 2) Why does Mort continue to fight against the fact that no one can remember his name?

Part 3) Why is it important that Mort continues to correct everyone that calls him something other than Mort?

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