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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, the Hair and the Bean.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason is Frol banished from the kingdom?
(a) Bearing a child.
(b) Marrying another.
(c) Smashing the glass.
(d) Killing Alobar.

2. The proverb of what nationality warns, "A tale that begins with a beet will end with the devil"?
(a) German.
(b) Native American.
(c) Ukranian.
(d) Chinese.

3. Which character cries at Alobar's funeral?
(a) Wren.
(b) Varya.
(c) Alma.
(d) Frol.

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

5. What is one of the fatal signs of fading power of a ruler in Alobar's kingdom?
(a) The birth of daughters.
(b) Inability to fulfill his wives' sexual appetites.
(c) Marriage.
(d) The birth of sons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main vegetable in the village where Frol and Alobar settle?

3. Claude asks Marcel if he's heard from which character in the United States?

4. What is poisoned for the king to eat as his last meal?

5. Where is Marcel's nose insured?

(see the answer key)

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