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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is left on Priscilla's doorstep in the middle of the night?
(a) A bottle.
(b) A flower.
(c) A beet.
(d) A note.

3. What is Alobar crowned the king of in the village?
(a) The Manor.
(b) The City.
(c) The Festivities.
(d) The Bean.

4. What is the name of Alobar's dog?
(a) Mik.
(b) Dog.
(c) Spot.
(d) Rik.

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

6. What lies to the west of Alobar's kingdom?
(a) The land of the Italians.
(b) The land of the Greeks.
(c) The land of the Romans.
(d) The land of the Pagans.

7. When was perfume introduced to France?
(a) The 1200s.
(b) The 800s.
(c) The 1500s.
(d) The 1700s.

8. What kind of mask does Marcel LeFever wear?
(a) A whale mask.
(b) A cat mask.
(c) A dog mask.
(d) A feather mask.

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

10. What is it custom for Alobar's kingdom to do once the ruler shows signs of age?
(a) Uncrown him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Crown him.
(d) Banish him.

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

12. Which character says, "Even then I might not go. Frankly, I do not like the way death does business"?
(a) Wren.
(b) Alobar.
(c) Frol.
(d) The shaman.

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

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

15. What does Alobar bite into in the Christmas cake?
(a) A worm.
(b) A bean.
(c) A grain of rice.
(d) A stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what neighborhood does Priscilla live?

2. What time is it when Madame Devalier asks V'lu for the time at the beginning of the novel?

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

4. During which period does Alobar visit his wives' quarters?

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

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