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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 church does Hester attend?

2. What dance does Ovid perform at the Christmas party?

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

4. What color is Ovid's rented car?

5. What kind of business does Strickland run?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How have the finances of Dellarobia's family changed in Chapter 7? Why?

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

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

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

8. What does Pastor Ogle preach about in Chapter 3?

9. How does Dr. Byron describe the migration of monarch butterflies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the butterflies in Flight Behavior. What do the unexpected creatures represent to the church congregation? What do they represent to Ovid and his team? What do they represent to Dellarobia?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Flight Behavior. What is the inciting event of the story? Where does the rising action begin? What is the story's climax? What is revealed in its falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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