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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Madame Devalier also known as to the fashionable folk?

2. What do the refrigerators in Priscilla's building sound like?

3. Which vegetable is "lusty enough"?

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

5. Which character does Wren tell Alobar is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many storylines are established in Jitterbug Perfume? What are the settings of each?

6. Discuss Priscilla's relationship with Ricki. How do they know one another? What are their feelings about each other?

7. What are the "fatal signals" of age in a king of Alobar's land?

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

9. Who appears at the spring where Alobar decides to rest for the night? What reason does this character give for being there?

10. What is Aelfric? Who goes there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of "Love" in Jitterbug Perfume. What does the author write about love in the text?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the LeFever twins. What are the names of these two characters? How are they related? What do they do? What is their significance to the overall plot?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the travels of Alobar in Jitterbug Perfume. How old is this character at the end of the novel? Has he grown as a spiritual being throughout his journey? If so, how?

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