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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 Ovid's rented car?

2. Where was Dellarobia's last job, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of Dellarobia's substitute mail carrier whom she once had a crush on?

4. By what nickname does Jimmy call Dellarobia?

5. How long ago did the diner in Feathertown close, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Dellarobia going in the beginning of Chapter 1? Why?

2. How is the setting of Mountain Fellowship Church described?

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

4. What is Dr. Byron's educational history and profession?

5. What is Dellarobia doing with her family in the beginning of Chapter 2? Why?

6. Why has Dr. Byron come to Feathertown?

7. Where is the novel set? How does the setting influence the story?

8. What is planned for the Turnbow land? Why has this plan arisen?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of Flight Behavior. What is the main setting of the novel? How is it described? Why is this setting important to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of imagery in Flight Behavior. What are some examples of simile in the narrative? How do they enrich the reader's experience? What metaphors are used and why?

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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