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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is across the street from the shop Alobar and Kudra open?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A candleshop.
(c) A tavern.
(d) A monastary and cathedral.

2. Which character arrives where Alobar is while dressed as a boy?
(a) Frol.
(b) Wren.
(c) Alma.
(d) Kudra.

3. Where has Alobar been during the time between Parts I and II?
(a) Rome.
(b) The lamasery.
(c) The kingdom.
(d) Aelfric.

4. What do the workers pressure "the boy" to do for fun?
(a) Change clothes.
(b) Disrobe and swim.
(c) Disrobe and dance.
(d) Start a fire.

5. In what year do Alobar and Kudra enter Bohemia?
(a) 1032.
(b) 1100.
(c) 1300.
(d) 912.

6. Which character says, "A pox on squabbling lovers"?
(a) Kudra.
(b) Alobar.
(c) Lalo.
(d) Pan.

7. Which character is Priscilla's father?
(a) Wally Lifter.
(b) Jose Miguel.
(c) Ross Anderson.
(d) Gerald Kimble.

8. What does Priscilla need for her perfume project in Part II?
(a) Tomato flower oil.
(b) Beet juice.
(c) Rose oil.
(d) Jasmine oil.

9. What is the title of Part III?
(a) Looking Up Comolungma's Dress.
(b) The Beginning.
(c) Promise Her Anything but Give Her K23.
(d) The Beet.

10. What techniques do Alobar and Kudra practice that are necessary to a long life?
(a) Breathing and bathing.
(b) Eating and drinking.
(c) Exercise and sleeping.
(d) Sleeping and moving.

11. Where does Alobar say he is going to find the masters who have powers over death?
(a) The Himalayas.
(b) Aelfic.
(c) Africa.
(d) Ragadon.

12. How many years pass since we last see Alobar?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Six years.

13. Where do Kudra and Alobar travel after leaving Bohemia?
(a) Aelfric.
(b) France.
(c) Africa.
(d) America.

14. What does Pan drag back to the incense shop following the funeral of Descartes?
(a) A coat.
(b) A rose.
(c) A wig.
(d) A perfume bottle.

15. Among fowl, which does the author claim would wear a jester's hat?
(a) The goose.
(b) The duck.
(c) The ostrich.
(d) The chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Priscilla when she marries?

2. Priscilla is invited to a dinner held where?

3. What does the narrator write would be cast as Macbeth or Hamlet?

4. Of the nine planets, which does the author say looks like the most fun?

5. Where does Alobar witness the funeral pyre?

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