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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. On what day of the week does Ovid arrive in Feathertown?

2. What crop of the Cooks' had "melted to liquid stench," in the past season, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

3. What does Dellarobia perceive Hester's church as, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

4. In what month does the novel begin?

5. What is Felix's profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Dellarobia's family described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Dovey in the novel. For how long have Dovey and Dellarobia been friends? How would you describe their friendship? What characteristics do Dovey and Dellarobia share?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of reality in Flight Behavior. How is this theme developed through character? How is it developed through setting? What symbols connect to this theme?

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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