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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Certain that they have drowned Wuffles after the fight at the Times headquarters, Tulip wants to kill whom and run away?
(a) Pete.
(b) William.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Pin.

2. When talking with Vimes at the end of the novel, William insists that there is enough to release Vetinari and offers to debate publicly his right to defend himself against what being?
(a) A dwarf.
(b) A vampire.
(c) A troll.
(d) A werewolf.

3. What machine of Otto's is smashed during the fight between Pin, Tulip, and the dwarfs outside the Times office?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His amulet.
(c) His bicycle.
(d) His iconograph.

4. What is the name of Ankh-Morpork's fire department?
(a) Golem Volunteer Fire Brigade.
(b) Ankh-Morpork Fire Squad.
(c) Golem-Morpork Fire Squad.
(d) City Watch Fire Brigade.

5. What is taken from Tulip just before he is killed?
(a) His potato.
(b) His jewelry.
(c) His hair.
(d) His money.

6. William calculates that $70,000 in coins would weigh how much?
(a) 1/3 of a ton.
(b) 1/2 of a ton.
(c) 1/4 of a ton.
(d) 1/5 of a ton.

7. Who feeds Sacharissa's news stories, being sweet on her?
(a) Constable Fiddyment.
(b) Constable Featherby.
(c) Constable Fidgety.
(d) Constable Flimwabby.

8. The dwarfs believe that using black light for iconography is bad luck, but the Times iconographer justifies it using what theory?
(a) Quantum Theory.
(b) Juxtaposition of Space Theory.
(c) Temporal Relevance Theory.
(d) Time-Space Theory.

9. Late in the novel, what drives Mr. Pin to see ghosts of past victims?
(a) An obscurograph.
(b) A dream.
(c) A conversation with Tulip.
(d) A bat.

10. Who has an idea for Gaspode's disguise under the Misbegot Bridge?
(a) Harry King.
(b) Deep Bone.
(c) Ole Foul Ron.
(d) Lady Hermione.

11. Checking Pin's pockets after he is dead, William finds the incriminating Dis-organizer, bags of jewels, and a card with what address?
(a) The Inquirer headquarters.
(b) The de Worde home.
(c) The Palace.
(d) Sacharissa's home.

12. Near the end of the novel, William returns from comfortable, protective custody to find that Slant has beaten whom?
(a) Lord de Worde.
(b) Otto.
(c) Sacharissa.
(d) Vimes.

13. When William dictates his news article about conspiracy and Vetinari's innocence, he credits uncovering the plot to whom?
(a) The City Watch.
(b) Sacharissa.
(c) The Times.
(d) The Inquirer.

14. As Wuffles attacks Pin in the print shed at the end of the novel, a crossbow misfire hits what object?
(a) A chair.
(b) An oil lamp.
(c) A vase.
(d) A painting.

15. A priest from the Om temple and an enormous nun named ______________ offer assistance in dispersing the crowd attempting to pass off dogs for the reward at the Times.
(a) Sister James.
(b) Sister Jackson.
(c) Sister Wanda.
(d) Sister Jennifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Standing in the circle of chairs, Slant reports the missing dog but discounts its importance to whom?

2. Where does William find Sacharissa haranguing Dibbler about writing believable untruths for the Inquirer?

3. What does Otto startle, causing the universe to fold away in chilling darkness and ice needles after the crowd disperses from the Times office?

4. In Greek mythology, who was the king punished by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down?

5. What do Pin and Tulip break into the Temple of Om to steal?

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