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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Opening, pp. 1-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the bay near which Priscilla lives?
(a) Beaver Bay.
(b) Elliott Bay.
(c) Bryson Bay.
(d) Carnival Bay.

2. In which city does Madame Devalier live?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Portland.
(d) Seattle.

3. How long has Madame Devalier kept her shop?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Sixty years.
(d) Forty years.

4. Where is Marcel's nose insured?
(a) Cartier.
(b) Paris International.
(c) Tiffany's.
(d) Lloyd's of London.

5. What does the narrator refer to as the steam that rises from Priscilla's tired feet?
(a) Mouse gas.
(b) Foot smoke.
(c) Stink mist.
(d) Nitrogen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of apartment do artists rarely live?

2. What kind of flower is Madame Devalier distilling with V'lu at the beginning of the book?

3. What is the "most intense of vegetables"?

4. The man who sold Madame Devalier the flowers is from which location?

5. The proverb of what nationality warns, "A tale that begins with a beet will end with the devil"?

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