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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 is Cub's father's name?

2. When did the Café in Christ open, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

3. What kind of business does Strickland run?

4. How old is Cub described as in Chapter 1?

5. Who is the musical director at Mountain Fellowship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why has Dr. Byron come to Feathertown?

8. How is Dellarobia's family described?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Preston in Flight Behavior. What does Preston's character symbolize? How does he reflect his mother's ambitions? How does Preston receive the news of his parents' separation?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and discuss three examples of irony in Flight Behavior. How is dramatic irony used? How is verbal irony employed? What is situational irony and how does it apply in the novel?

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