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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bill Door awaken from a dream in the book?
(a) Scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Groggy and confused.

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

3. What does Miss Flitworth try to kill with poisoned food?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Hamsters.
(d) Rats.

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

5. Where does Bill Door suggest Miss Flitworth's fiancé probably died?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The sea.
(c) The jungle.
(d) The forest.

6. What is the name of the university discussed in the book?
(a) Domain University.
(b) Wizard University.
(c) Unseen University.
(d) Harvest University.

7. What is the name of the bashful banshee who passes notes?
(a) Doreen.
(b) Ludmilla.
(c) Azreal.
(d) Ixolite.

8. Where do the wizards believe Windle Poons should be buried after he comes back undead?
(a) At a crossroads.
(b) In the backyard of the university.
(c) Under the university.
(d) In a graveyard.

9. What are the indistinct gray figures that discuss the incarnation of Death at the beginning of the book?
(a) Auditors of Reality.
(b) Deans.
(c) Archancellors.
(d) Grim reapers.

10. Who owns the piece of furniture in which the mysterious object first begins appearing in the book?
(a) Archchancellor Ridcully.
(b) Death.
(c) The Bursar.
(d) Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler.

11. What is the name of the person who tries to find out why the wizards are stopping traffic to bury Windle Poons?
(a) The Patrician.
(b) Schleppel.
(c) One-Man-Bucket.
(d) Sergeant Colon.

12. What is the name of the support group for dead people that is advertised inside Windle Poons' coffin?
(a) The Club of the Dead.
(b) The Undead Club.
(c) The Fresh Start Club.
(d) The Club of New Beginnings.

13. What does the narrator say the persona of Death was created from?
(a) Religion.
(b) God.
(c) History.
(d) People's understanding of death.

14. What does Windle find the gardener at the Unseen University using instead of a wheelbarrow?
(a) A truck.
(b) A golf cart.
(c) A wire basket.
(d) A shopping cart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do mysterious objects first start appearing in the book?

2. What color do the figures in empty robes wear that report in Death's absence?

3. What is the name of the old woman who Death finds work with as a human?

4. What kind of games does Bill Door play after acquainting himself with the townspeople?

5. What is the name of the zombie that first greets Windle Poons at his first meeting of the Fresh Start Club?

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