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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, the Hair and the Bean.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Marcel's nose insured?
(a) Tiffany's.
(b) Paris International.
(c) Cartier.
(d) Lloyd's of London.

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

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

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 do the refrigerators in Priscilla's building sound like?

3. The beet was the favorite vegetable of which character?

4. What is the name of Alobar's dog?

5. What encircles the flower-seller's head like a crown?

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