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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. In how many days will Alobar be killed in the village?

2. What is discovered in V'lu's cot when she goes to bed at the beginning of the book?

3. What lies to the west of Alobar's kingdom?

4. What creature takes Noog one of the king's hairs?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the one connection of the three separate plots in the opening of Jitterbug Perfume?

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

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

7. In Part I, what does Alobar do once he looks into the magic glass?

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

9. How does Noog gather the proof needed for Alobar's execution?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Priscilla and Ricki. What do they do? How do they know one another? What tests their friendship?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Albert Einstein in Jitterbug Perfume. Who knows him? What are his last words? What is his thematic significance in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the four principles for immortality as established in the novel by Kudra and Alobar. What are these based upon?

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