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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gabe’s mother support herself and her son, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) She worked in a café
(b) She was a librarian
(c) She prostituted herself
(d) She sold flowers in a shop

2. What herbs bundled together does Wilhelmina give to Emilienne to use in a cleansing ritual in Chapter 3?
(a) Mint and birch
(b) Cinnamon and allspice
(c) Sage and hyssop
(d) Pennyroyal and foxglove

3. The narrator says of Viviane in Chapter 4, “As a toddler, she could easily whip up a batch of” what desserts?
(a) Profiteroles
(b) Cupcakes
(c) Petit fours
(d) Black and white cookies

4. Where does Viviane apply for a position as a stewardess in Chapter 8?
(a) United Airlines
(b) Air France
(c) American Airlines
(d) Southwest Airlines

5. From what narrative perspective is The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender related?
(a) Second-person
(b) Fourth-person
(c) First-person
(d) Third-person

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the baby mobile made of that hangs over the crib in Chapter 9?

2. How does the narrator describe John Griffith’s feelings for Emilienne Lavender in the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What month is it as Viviane awaits childbirth in the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. Who works diligently on converting the spare bedroom into a nursery at the house on Pinnacle Lane in Chapter 9?

5. In the novel’s Prologue, the narrator states, “to many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a mutation. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for” what?

(see the answer key)

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