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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the wizard who dies at the beginning of the book wake up after dying?
(a) In a hospital.
(b) In hell.
(c) A chapel.
(d) In heaven.

2. What does the Archchancellor scold Windle Poons for his lack of when trying to make him die again?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Appreciation.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Cooperation.

3. What does the narrator consider the life of that only lives one day and never eats?
(a) Dragonfly.
(b) Ant.
(c) Mayflies.
(d) Cicada.

4. What kind of tree does the narrator discuss as living thousands of years in the book?
(a) Oak.
(b) Willow.
(c) Pine.
(d) Maple.

5. Who is customarily present at the death of a wizard, but was not when the wizard was dying?
(a) The Dean.
(b) The Patrician.
(c) The Bursar.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place Death decides to spend his remaining time alive after leaving his post?

2. What inanimate objects first begin moving on their own in the book?

3. What is Windle Poons disappointed to realize about being undead after visiting a dangerous neighborhood?

4. What is the name of the archchancellor in the book?

5. What is the name of Death's loyal human assistant?

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