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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 do Kudra and Alobar travel after leaving Bohemia?

2. What is the name of the giant beet the author mentions?

3. Which character comments that man is as entitled to immortality as the gods are while talking to Pan?

4. Among fowl, which does the author claim would wear a jester's hat?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the suttee that Alobar witnesses in India.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What vision does Alobar experience when he and Kudra try to dematerialize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the character of Pan in Jitterbug Perfume. How is this character described? What is he an allusion to?

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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