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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill Door complain is too noisy in Miss Flitworth's parlor?

2. What is the name of the bridge where Windle Poons goes after becoming undead?

3. Who is customarily present at the death of a wizard, but was not when the wizard was dying?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Windle Poons' first suicide attempt described?

2. How is Windle Poons' first Fresh Start Club meeting described?

3. How are the wizards almost injured by a chandelier in the book?

4. How is the Morris dance first described?

5. What happens when Windle Poons goes into the Shades?

6. How do Windle's friends react after he comes back from the dead?

7. How does Bill Door react after Miss Flitworth asks him to help her kill rats and a chicken?

8. What happens when Mrs. Cake contacts One-Man-Bucket for the first time in the book?

9. How does the gardener, Modo, react when Windle Poons comes out of his grave?

10. How is the nature of Lupine's character first described in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The scythe creates the opportunity for much symbolism in the book. Part 1.) What role does the scythe play in the destruction of the new persona of Death and what might this symbolize about the nature of this new persona? Part 2.) How does Death's scythe support his need to work hard? Part 3.) How does the author use the image of the scythe to represent death throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of the concept of dreams in the book. How does the author use Bill Door's dream about his death to foreshadow and carry the story along, and what purpose might he have for doing this?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Windle Poons as a wizard to what he becomes when he is undead. How is Windle Poons able to grow more emotionally and find more fulfillment through his undeath and what might the author be saying about the importance of living a full life through his character?

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