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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a small child tell Bill Door he looks like just after moving to Discworld?
(a) A myserious figure.
(b) A happy man.
(c) A skeleton with clothes on.
(d) A healthy person.

2. What do the indistinct gray figures say the incarnation of Death has developed at the beginning of the book?
(a) A disease.
(b) A phobia.
(c) A personality.
(d) A conscience.

3. What is the name of Death's horse?
(a) Blinky.
(b) Bongo.
(c) Rider.
(d) Hunter.

4. What is the name of Death's loyal human assistant?
(a) Reg.
(b) Albert.
(c) Bill.
(d) Dean.

5. What is the name of the zombie that first greets Windle Poons at his first meeting of the Fresh Start Club?
(a) Reg Shoe.
(b) Schleppel.
(c) Windle Poons.
(d) Modo.

6. What is the name of the male vampire at the Fresh Start Club?
(a) Windle Poons.
(b) Reg Shoe.
(c) Bill Door.
(d) Arthur Winkings.

7. Who gives Mrs. Cake the brush-off when she shows up at the university looking for help?
(a) Ridcully.
(b) Schleppel.
(c) One-Man-Bucket.
(d) Modo.

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

9. How many hours does Bill Door discover someone has stolen from his lifetimer while in a hayloft?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

10. What is the name of the old, dangerous neighborhood that Windle Poons wanders into?
(a) Morpork.
(b) Ankh.
(c) Offler.
(d) Shades.

11. Who does the medium decide to ask for help after discovering the reason for the poltergeist activity in the book?
(a) The wizards.
(b) The police.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her school mates.

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

13. What does Death find a backlog on his desk when sent back to his study in a dream?
(a) Lifetimers.
(b) Files.
(c) Obituaries.
(d) Knives.

14. What is the name of the river Windle Poons jumps into after becoming undead?
(a) Harvest River.
(b) Smith River.
(c) Ankh River.
(d) Morpork River.

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

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 do the townsfolk refer to Bill Door as?

3. What does Bill Door think Miss Flitworth's parlor reminds him of?

4. What is the name of the gardener at the Unseen University?

5. Who is Bill Door able to accurately describe to Miss Flitworth that surprises her?

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