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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 Mort offer to do?

2. What does Cutwell say is the only thing people remember about Queen Ezeriel?

3. What do the wizards decide they will do when they rebuild Albert's statue?

4. What feeling does Death get when he fails at walking through a wall?

5. What does Albert tell Mort about the fact that Mort is becoming more like Death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cutwell explain is the reason that Mort can walk through walls?

2. Describe the scene at the Unseen University when Albert returns from the tavern.

3. Describe the food in Ankh-Morpork.

4. Describe the last scene in the story and how Mort and Death part ways.

5. Explain what Mort and Ysabell talk about while they are in the pyramid.

6. What happens when Ysabell wakes up Mort?

7. What happens when Death is rolling dice with Wa?

8. What does Albert do after Ysabell and Mort leave?

9. Describe what happens when Mort and Ysabell go to find the book of Albert's life.

10. What does Mort realize when Cutwell is showing him the book on magic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Describe Albert and what was discovered about Albert.

Part 2) Was Albert a coward?

Part 3) Would he have regretted the decision to stay on the Disc if he had been able to end his bargain with Death?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mort's character.

1) What is implied about Mort in the beginning of the book from the conversation that his father and his uncle have about him?

2) How did Mort change from the beginning of the book compared to the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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