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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car does Dovey drive?
(a) A Hum-Vee.
(b) A Ford Explorer.
(c) A Volkswagen Beetle.
(d) A Mustang convertible.

2. Where does Ovid go on weekends to meet other scientists, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Rogers.
(c) Sweet Briar.
(d) Malvern.

3. What word is defined in Chapter 9 as "Of or pertaining to the tailor's trade" (225)?
(a) Millinry.
(b) Divisive.
(c) Sartorial.
(d) Articulate.

4. What are the reddish-brown sheep of Hester's called?
(a) Southdowns.
(b) Merinos.
(c) Moorits.
(d) Suffolks.

5. With whom will Dellarobia and her children live after they move?
(a) Cub.
(b) Dovey.
(c) Hester.
(d) Crystal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Juliet grow up?

2. How much is the slide projector at the thrift store in Chapter 11?

3. What item of furniture does Cub take to the ministry for Hester in Chapter 13?

4. What is the name of the second-hand store that Dellarobia generally shops at in Feathertown?

5. Where did Ovid grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Dellarobia's family property changed in Chapter 11?

2. How does Dellarobia describe the perceptions of education within her community?

3. How is the visit of Preston's class to the mountain described in Chapter 12?

4. Where does Dellarobia go with Dovey in Chapter 11? How is this setting described?

5. What do Dellarobia and Cub do together in Chapter 10? Why?

6. Who is Juliet? How is she described?

7. How do Dellarobia's perceptions of the butterflies differ from Cub's?

8. What has happened with Dovey's video in Chapter 13?

9. What does Dellarobia observe at Ovid's trailer in the beginning of Chapter 10? How does she respond?

10. What do Dellarobia and Cub discuss at the Dairy Prince in Chapter 13?

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