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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is found across the street from the LeFever skyscraper?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A Wal-Mart.
(c) A museum.
(d) A monastery.

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

4. What is Madame Devalier also known as to the fashionable folk?
(a) Madame Voodoo.
(b) Queen of Olfactory.
(c) Queen of Good Smells.
(d) Madame WhooDoo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was perfume introduced to France?

2. Which character does Alobar encounter in the woods outside the kingdom?

3. How many children does Frol give birth to in the village?

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

5. What kind of people get their physical characteristics from potatoes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is taking place in New Orleans in the opening of Jitterbug Perfume?

2. Describe the setting of the LeFever building. Where is it? What is its appearance?

3. Describe the character of Priscilla. What is her profession? What is her education?

4. What magical object is found in Alobar's court? Where does it stay?

5. In Part I, who does Alobar meet in a field and what do they discuss?

6. What is Wren's response to Alobar's story about the hair?

7. In Part I, what does Alobar say of death while speaking to the shaman?

8. What does Marcel tell Claude arrived during the opening? What is significant about this object?

9. Describe the character of Madame Lily Devalier. What is her profession? How long has she been in this business?

10. What is it customary to do in Alobar's kingdom regarding aging rulers?

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