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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 278-316.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wonders if the ants inside the pyramid have a queen?
(a) Schleppel.
(b) Lupine.
(c) Ludmilla.
(d) Modo.

2. What is the name of the invention the town blacksmith creates and shows to Bill Door and Miss Flitworth?
(a) The cotton gin.
(b) The combination harvester.
(c) The reaper.
(d) The bulldozer.

3. What does Miss Flitworth think about the fact that the public's ability to know when and where they are going to die isn't common knowledge?
(a) Unfair.
(b) Honorary.
(c) Fair.
(d) Honest.

4. What do the wizards of the Unseen University behave like when Windle and the others find them in the pyramid?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Sad.
(d) In a trance.

5. What do the leaflets littering much of the city say after the hive is destroyed?
(a) Oh well.
(b) Goodbye.
(c) Now or never.
(d) Everything must go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill Door become when his lifetimer is empty?

2. What is the name of the dance described at the beginning of the book?

3. Who sees the new incarnation of Death, along with Bill Door, for the first time?

4. Who owns the piece of furniture in which the mysterious object first begins appearing in the book?

5. What do the wizards find an assortment of when they first arrive at the Patrician's palace?

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