View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes Gabe’s mother as having told him she was of what descent in Chapter 7?
(a) French
(b) Portuguese
(c) Romanian
(d) Italian

2. What year is it when Emilienne’s family immigrates to the United States?
(a) 1916
(b) 1889
(c) 1912
(d) 1951

3. What month is it as Viviane awaits childbirth in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) March
(b) January
(c) April
(d) February

4. How old is Gabe when he lies about his age to enlist in the military?
(a) 14
(b) 13
(c) 15
(d) 16

5. Who is described in Chapter 13 as Cardigan’s “latest acquisition”?
(a) Laura Lovelorn
(b) Nathaniel Sorrows
(c) Jeremiah Flannery
(d) William Peyton

6. Throughout the novel, Ava Lavender expresses her concerns and obsessions with what concept and its role in her life?
(a) Terrorism
(b) Piety
(c) Revenge
(d) Fate

7. Where has Viviane taken a job in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) A bank
(b) A soda fountain
(c) A shoe store
(d) Her mother’s bakery

8. On what date was Emilienne born, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) March 1, 1944
(b) March 1, 1904
(c) September 12, 1955
(d) May 11, 1959

9. Whom has Jack become engaged to in Chapter 8?
(a) Laura Lovelorn
(b) Beatrix Griffith
(c) Sarah Callahoo
(d) Constance Quakenbush

10. How old is Viviane when she finds the white dress that resembles a child-size wedding gown in a closet in the house in Chapter 4?
(a) 9
(b) 4
(c) 12
(d) 6

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

12. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “The neighborhood boys teased Jack mercilessly until learning that Viviane Lavender could” do what?
(a) Play cards better than anyone
(b) Outrun and outspit any one of them
(c) Drive a car and ride a horse
(d) Fly with wings above them

13. What is Wilhelmina’s last name?
(a) Dovewolf
(b) Higgins
(c) Anderson
(d) Whitedove

14. What does Henry’s first word, “Trouver” mean in French?
(a) To fear
(b) To love
(c) To kill
(d) To find

15. In what year do Ava and Henry turn fifteen in Chapter 12?
(a) 1979
(b) 1961
(c) 1955
(d) 1959

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gabe work on building constantly in his work shed during Ava’s childhood in Chapter 10?

2. The behavioral traits that are exhibited by Henry Lavender in the novel suggest that he might suffer from what condition?

3. How old is Ava Lavender when John Griffith undergoes a transformation and visits the bakery in his tattered bathrobe to speak to Emilienne in Chapter 10?

4. What is the date of the journal entry that concludes Chapter 13?

5. What color hair is Emilienne described as having in the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 412 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample