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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. Where does Alobar go to find Pan?

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

3. What does Alobar nickname Kudra many years ago?

4. What do the workers pressure "the boy" to do for fun?

5. Ever since Kudra has been on the business trip with her father for the incense business, what has she wanted to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the first troubles that accompany Alobar and Kudra's immortality?

3. In Part II, what arrives for Priscilla at work?

4. What vision does Kudra see in the crystal ball? What does this prompt her and Alobar to do?

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

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

7. In Part II, what does Madame Devalier tell V'lu about Priscilla's parents?

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

9. In Part III, where does Kudra decide she wants to settle? What does this discussion lead to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Jitterbug Perfume to Homer's The Odyssey. Which characters are reflective of the earlier epic? What stylistic elements are similar between the two texts?

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 style of Jitterbug Perfume. What stylistic elements is Tom Robbins known for? What structural elements are reflective of his style?

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