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

2. What is Jimmy's job?

3. What does Hester call the butterflies?

4. How long ago did the diner in Feathertown close, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

5. What is Cub's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Dellarobia's family described?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Cub in Flight Behavior. What is Cub's family like? How would you describe his relationship with Dellarobia? What are Cub's objectives in the novel? Does he achieve those objectives?

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

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?

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