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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Otto complains about how hard it is to __________ in the big city, with its women dressed in fancy clothing.
(a) Stay on the wagon.
(b) Be truthful.
(c) Mind your manners.
(d) Keep your mind out of the gutter.

2. Standing in the circle of chairs, Slant reports the missing dog but discounts its importance to whom?
(a) The Watch.
(b) Himself.
(c) It's owner.
(d) Sgt. Angua von Überwald.

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

4. At the end of the novel, William and Sacharissa go to a noodle place located on what street?
(a) Elm St. En route.
(b) Guild Street.
(c) Gleam Street.
(d) Wonderworld Street.

5. When was Terry Pratchett born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1950.

6. Where does William find Sacharissa haranguing Dibbler about writing believable untruths for the Inquirer?
(a) Behind Dibbler's house.
(b) In the attic of the Times headquarters.
(c) Under Smith Street.
(d) Under Gleam Street.

7. How much money does William give his father to repay him for raising and educating him?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $40,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $10,000.

8. Who is favored to succeed Vetinari?
(a) Harry King.
(b) Mr. Slant.
(c) Mr. Wintler.
(d) Mr. Scrope.

9. Gunilla reveals to William that the dwarfs are ready to sell out and return to where?
(a) The lead mines.
(b) Their homes.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The forest.

10. Dwarf brides and grooms use the gold to buy what?
(a) Each other from their parents.
(b) Houses.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Land.

11. Who sells Pin and Tulip a Times when they leave Biers Bar?
(a) Mr. Slant.
(b) Harry King.
(c) Foul Ole Ron.
(d) Tuttle Scrope.

12. What character is a psychotic taken over by eight personalities who switch dominance at five-minute intervals?
(a) Lady Hermione.
(b) Altogether Andrews.
(c) Ole Foul Ron.
(d) Deep Bone.

13. How many imps are required to work together in order to bring color to the Times?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

14. What does William imply to Vimes that Scrope's business is actually manufacturing?
(a) Hats.
(b) Sex toys.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Guns.

15. Whom does Gunilla want to marry?
(a) Cripslock.
(b) Überwald.
(c) Wintler.
(d) Boddony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does William grab across the table while demanding to know what everyone knows?

2. Near the end of the novel, William returns from comfortable, protective custody to find that Slant has beaten whom?

3. When William dictates his news article about conspiracy and Vetinari's innocence, he credits uncovering the plot to whom?

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. William finds his father and is not satisfied by the father's excuse that _______________.

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