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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is discovered in V'lu's cot when she goes to bed at the beginning of the book?
(a) A flower.
(b) A note.
(c) A beet.
(d) A bee.

3. The man who sold Madame Devalier the flowers is from which location?
(a) Africa.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Jamaica.

4. What encircles the flower-seller's head like a crown?
(a) Moths.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Bees.
(d) Ladybugs.

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

6. What does Priscilla work as?
(a) A chemist.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A writer.

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

8. Which vegetable is "lusty enough"?
(a) Cucumbers.
(b) Beets.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Radishes.

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

10. What time is it when Madame Devalier asks V'lu for the time at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Three a.m.
(b) Six a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Four a.m.

11. What is Noog?
(a) A goat.
(b) A jester.
(c) A necromancer.
(d) A demigod.

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

13. Where does Priscilla keep her money?
(a) In a fishbowl.
(b) In a piggy bank.
(c) In a coffee can.
(d) In a bank account.

14. Which character does Alobar encounter in the woods outside the kingdom?
(a) Frol.
(b) Jena.
(c) Wren.
(d) Alma.

15. What is poisoned for the king to eat as his last meal?
(a) A beet.
(b) A steak.
(c) An apple.
(d) An egg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In plucking the hair, the king is fighting what?

2. Where is Alobar's magic glass from?

3. Where is Marcel's nose insured?

4. When was perfume introduced to France?

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

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