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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 Windle find the gardener at the Unseen University using instead of a wheelbarrow?

2. What does Miss Flitworth try to kill with poisoned food?

3. What is the name that Death takes on when he acts as a human?

4. How long do Bill Door and Miss Flitworth sit in silence when he visits her in her parlor?

5. What does the friend the medium contacts say is crowded and is causing poltergeist activity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Bill Door do to Miss Flitworth's clock while visiting with her?

4. What happens when Bill Door sees a gray figure with his shattered lifetimer in the barn during a dream?

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

6. How does the narrator compare two experiences of life with mayflies and pine trees?

7. How is Windle Poons described after the wizards bury him in a coffin while undead?

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

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

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

After experiencing the life of the undead, Windle Poons realizes what it means to truly live. Part 1.) What might the author be saying about many people's tendency to take life for granted based on Windle's experience in the book? Part 2.) What impact does living life as Bill Door have on Death's desire to have a life outside of his persona? Part 3.) What appears to be the author's overall message regarding the important things in life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of the concept of reality in the book. How is the natural portrayal of reality skewed in the book and what factors lead to this alteration in reality?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the wizards' attempts at solving the pyramid crisis with Windle and his groups'. How has Windle's point of view and ability to problem solve change after becoming undead in comparison to his former wizard friends, and what factors can be credited for this change?

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