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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. Upon what kind of ship do Alobar and Kudra flee and watch their house burn?

2. What is the name of the funeral procession Alobar witnesses?

3. What happens to Lalo in Part III?

4. Alobar and Kudra are students and practitioners of what?

5. Where did Priscilla's father live?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Part II, where and with whom do readers find Priscilla? What is she in need of?

2. How old was Priscilla when she was married and what were the circumstances surrounding her marriage?

3. What would have been the restrictions on Kudra as a widow? How does she escape this fate?

4. In Part III, who is the prostitute Alobar encounters? What does she tell him?

5. What is Kudra skilled at? How did she learn this skill?

6. In Part III, what is the year and what event does Pan attend?

7. Where do Alobar and Kudra go after leaving the caves? What does Alobar do there?

8. What is the most effective scent Kudra can find to cover Pan's odor? What does she decide to do with it?

9. Describe the suttee that Alobar witnesses in India.

10. What is Kudra's reply to Alobar when he says she fled death? Where did she plan to go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the four simultaneous plot lines in Jitterbug Perfume. How do these separate plots converge in the novel? What themes are revealed throughout each?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Kudra in Jitterbug Perfume. What is her connection with Alobar? What themes are tied to this character? Where does she travel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of symbolism and motif in Jitterbug Perfume. What are some of the more prominent motifs? What do they represent?

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