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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. The proverb of what nationality warns, "A tale that begins with a beet will end with the devil"?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Ukranian.
(c) Native American.
(d) German.

2. Which character is half-goat, half-man?
(a) Alobar.
(b) Greco.
(c) Pan.
(d) Dionysis.

3. Which character says, "Even then I might not go. Frankly, I do not like the way death does business"?
(a) Frol.
(b) Alobar.
(c) Wren.
(d) The shaman.

4. The egg sits upon a pillow made of what kind of material?
(a) Ermine.
(b) Silk.
(c) Mink.
(d) Cotton.

5. What color is Priscilla's work uniform?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Orange.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator refer to as the steam that rises from Priscilla's tired feet?

3. In plucking the hair, the king is fighting what?

4. Who tells Alobar to travel to the east of the village?

5. Where does Priscilla keep her money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some examples of metaphors and/or similes from the opening of Jitterbug Perfume?

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

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

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

6. Who have Madame Devalier and V'lu bought jasmine flowers from in the opening? How is this character described?

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

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

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

10. In Part I, what does the shaman tell Alobar he must do?

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