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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. What color is Dellarobia's hair described as in Chapter 1?

2. How far does Hester live from Dellarobia's home?

3. What does Dovey's text message say Moses was in Chapter 4?

4. In what month does the novel begin?

5. What does Dellarobia call the scientists' reality show starring her in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led up to Dellarobia's marriage? How old was she when she wed?

2. What do the butterflies represent to Cub and the congregants of his church?

3. What is the significance of Preston's Christmas presents in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Dellarobia urge Cub to climb the mountain in Chapter 2?

5. How is the Christmas party described in Chapter 7? Who attends the party?

6. What is the significance of the nickname "Peach" in the novel?

7. About what do Dellarobia and Cub argue at the dollar store in Chapter 7?

8. Where are the butterflies located? What do they look like?

9. How is Ovid Byron described when he first appears in the novel?

10. What causes Dellarobia to turn back home in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss the major conflicts in Flight Behavior. What is the central conflict of the novel? How does this conflict play out? What are examples of Man versus Man, Man versus Nature, and Man versus Self that can be seen in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Hester in Flight Behavior. How is Hester's temperament described? What is her relationship like with Dellarobia and her son? How do these relationships change in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of family in Flight Behavior. What does family mean to Dellarobia? What does it mean to Cub? What statements about family do you think the author is making in this work?

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