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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. Who retrieves a black disc from the ceiling?

2. Who is Miss Flitworth reunited with after she dies?

3. Who wonders how something in the pyramid is alive if it is so rectangular?

4. What does Bill Door explain that the little girl he saved from a fire is living on?

5. What does Bill Door believe the new incarnation of Death lacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the leaflets Windle Poons finds coming from the top of the pyramid?

2. What does Bill Door reveal to Miss Flitworth when she tells him her first name?

3. How do Miss Flitworth and Bill Door try to save their harvest during a hailstorm?

4. How is Death's visit to a flower shop described?

5. How does Archchancellor Ridcully defeat a living compost heap in the book?

6. How does Bill Door race the combination harvester?

7. What does Windle Poons say he has learned about himself after dying at the end of the book?

8. How does Bill Door become Death once again?

9. How is the combination harvester first described?

10. What does Mrs. Cake tell Windle Poons about the imbalance of life force between the present world and the astral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The concept of death is the leading theme in the book's overall message to readers. Part 1.) What can we learn about the nature of how others perceive death based on the narrator's suggestion that is created by our feelings toward it? Part 2.) How does Death's escape into the world as Bill Door suggest flaws in our perceptions of the nature of death? Part 3.) How can it be argued that death is the central theme found in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's portrayal of class in the book. How does the author portray the undead characters in the book as a lesser class than humans, wizards and other characters and what deeper meaning might he wish for you to gain from this presentation?

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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