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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. Whose palace sends a squad of guards to come investigate the sudden poltergeist activity at the university?

2. What does the narrator consider the life of that only lives one day and never eats?

3. What does Miss Flitworth ask Bill Door to kill for her?

4. What is the name of the medium's daughter that is a werewolf?

5. Who walks Windle Poons home after his first meeting of the Fresh Start Club?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Windle Poons' death described in the book?

2. How is the Morris dance first described?

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

4. What happens when one of the Auditors of Reality refers to himself as I at the beginning of the book?

5. How does Bill Door use the scythe to cut Miss Fitworth's grass?

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

7. How is Bill Door first accepted around town after moving there?

8. What happens when Windle Poons realizes Schleppel followed him home after the Fresh Start Club meeting?

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

10. How do the wizards try to attack Windle Poons after he comes back from the dead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of the concept of hope in the book. How does Windle Poons' experience with undeath increase his perceptions of hope in regards to his feelings about his life?

Essay Topic 2

Death's incredible work ethic is shown throughout the book when he is both the persona of Death and Bill Door. Part 1.) How does Death's work ethic as Death compare to his work on Miss Flitworth's farm as a human? Part 2.) Why does Death feel a good work ethic is important? Part 3.) What is telling about the nature of Death based on his hard work ethic that is portrayed in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the concept of principles that is presented in the book. How does Death's principles define him even in his human form as Bill Door, and what does this suggest about the nature of his character?

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