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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. Who does Alobar tell Kudra he stayed with in the caves?

2. What job is the "boy" given?

3. How long is Alobar gone while looking for Pan?

4. Where did Alobar get a job working in a spice caravan and hence travel to?

5. How does Kudra's husband die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the suttee that Alobar witnesses in India.

5. In Part II, what does Priscilla do after receiving her package and leaving work?

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

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

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

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

10. What is Kudra's response to her arranged marriage? What does her father tell her?

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 importance of "the beet" in Jitterbug Perfume. What is its significance to the plot, characters and themes?

Essay Topic 3

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

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