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

2. What creature takes Noog one of the king's hairs?
(a) A parrot.
(b) A child.
(c) A magpie.
(d) A bat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character says, "Even then I might not go. Frankly, I do not like the way death does business"?

3. Which character is half-goat, half-man?

4. Which character cries at Alobar's funeral?

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

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