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1. What object is described in the prologue as "like a slice of wedding cake" (ix)?

A coffin.

2. What items do the pallbearers request be brought to them?

Hammers.

3. What kind of handles are said to be the most valuable at the market?

The shiniest.

4. What action does Belinda take in relation to seeing the coffin?

She forces herself to look at it.

5. Which act by the pallbearers inspires the mourners to respond with cheers?

They show off their muscles.

6. In what month of 2002 does Chapter 1 begin?

March.

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