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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 poisoned for the king to eat as his last meal?

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

3. What is the name of the king's castle?

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

5. Where is Alobar's magic glass from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Aelfric? Who goes there?

2. What is the "King of the Bean" custom?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 foreshadowing in Jitterbug Perfume. What are some examples from the text of this literary device? Define the term in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "Immortality" in Jitterbug Perfume. What symbols or motifs represent this theme? How is this theme tied to the actions and characters in the novel?

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