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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Looking Up Chomolungma's Dress.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alobar stops near what landmark to sleep until daybreak as he begins his journey?
(a) The desert.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The river.
(d) The spring.

2. Among fowl, which does the author claim would wear a jester's hat?
(a) The ostrich.
(b) The chicken.
(c) The goose.
(d) The duck.

3. What is the egg laced with?
(a) Magic mushrooms.
(b) Belladonna.
(c) Arsenic.
(d) Iodine.

4. Before finding Alobar, Kudra plans on going where?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Egypt.
(c) France.
(d) America.

5. How is Marcel related to Claude?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are uncle and nephew.
(c) They are father and son.
(d) They are cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "Even then I might not go. Frankly, I do not like the way death does business"?

2. What is it custom for Alobar's kingdom to do once the ruler shows signs of age?

3. What is discovered in V'lu's cot when she goes to bed at the beginning of the book?

4. What does the narrator write would be cast as Macbeth or Hamlet?

5. What is left on Priscilla's doorstep in the middle of the night?

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