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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. Who does Crystal describe breaking her fingers when they were slammed in a car door in Chapter 2?

2. What color is Ovid's rented car?

3. What highway does Dellarobia observe from the hilltop in Chapter 1?

4. What is Dellarobia's maiden name?

5. What is Peanut's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Crystal tell Dellarobia about the churchgoers' thoughts on her vision of the butterflies?

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

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

6. What does Preston want for Christmas? How does Dellarobia know this?

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

8. Who is Dovey and what is her relationship to Dellarobia?

9. Why does Dellarobia exit the Café in Christ in Chapter 3?

10. What is Dellarobia doing in the beginning of Chapter 4? Who is she with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Dellarobia Turnbow in Flight Behavior. In what ways is Dellarobia an unlikely protagonist? What are Dellarobia's primary objectives in the novel? Does she achieve those objectives?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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