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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character drops Alobar's glass and breaks one of its corners?
(a) Wren.
(b) Alma.
(c) Jena.
(d) Frol.

2. What is the name of the king's castle?
(a) The White Stag.
(b) The Citadel.
(c) The Epicenter.
(d) The Dark Horse.

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

4. What is the name of Priscilla's coworker?
(a) Ricki.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Mary Lou.

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

6. Which character smashes the magic glass after Alobar is buried?
(a) Arya.
(b) Jena.
(c) Wren.
(d) Frol.

7. During what period was the building in which Priscilla lives built?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The Centennial.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) The 1950s.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What color is Priscilla's work uniform?
(a) Orange.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

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

15. In what neighborhood does Priscilla live?
(a) West Pines.
(b) The Garden District.
(c) Capital Hill.
(d) Jackson Square.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character plans to take Priscilla to the Daughters of the Daily Specials?

3. Which character cries at Alobar's funeral?

4. What are the rulers of Alobar's kingdom considered to be?

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

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