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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 317-353.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the spirit friend the medium contacts to find out why the poltergeist activity is occurring?
(a) Reg Shoe.
(b) Senior Wrangler.
(c) One-Man-Bucket.
(d) Windle Poons.

2. What does the narrator explain is building up in the world in the absence of death?
(a) Anger.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Life.
(d) Energy.

3. What kind of music begins playing from inside the pyramid?
(a) Sad.
(b) Loud.
(c) Angry.
(d) Tuneless.

4. What is Bill Door disgusted by regarding the new incarnation of Death when he first sees him?
(a) His new outfit.
(b) His scythe.
(c) His mask.
(d) His blatant posing.

5. What does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth he regrets when he realizes he is about to die?
(a) Never having a child.
(b) Not preparing more.
(c) Not falling in love.
(d) Not eating more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters do not investigate the things showering from the top of the pyramid?

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

3. How does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth he saw her name engraved?

4. What are the indistinct gray figures that discuss the incarnation of Death at the beginning of the book?

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

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