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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. To what flowers are Dellarobia's children compared in a simile in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 1, Jimmy's eyes are compared to the amber glass of what?

3. Who first suggests that they should charge the people who are coming to view the butterflies in Chapter 4?

4. What does the pastor wear during his sermon in Chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Dellarobia's family described?

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

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

4. Where is the Delgado family from? Why did they come to the novel's setting?

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

6. What arguments does Dellarobia present against the logging of the mountain in Chapter 7?

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

8. How is Hester described? What is her relationship to Dellarobia?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of religion in Flight Behavior. How important is religion to the inhabitants of Feathertown? What church dominates the community? How would you describe this church and congregation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the migration of the monarch butterflies. Where do the butterflies come from? Where do they travel? What has disrupted their migration in 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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