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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. With whom will Dellarobia and her children live after they move?

2. Who are the local vets in Feathertown?

3. How much do the local vets charge just to step out of their trucks, according to Hester in Chapter 12?

4. On what sides of the trees have the butterlies landed?

5. The narrator in Chapter 14 refers to dog urine as the dog version of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dellarobia describe the perceptions of education within her community?

2. Who is Juliet? How is she described?

3. What do Dellarobia and Preston observe while waiting for the bus in Chapter 13? Why is this significant?

4. What bond do Hester and Dellarobia forge with the Womyn Knit the Earth campers in Chapter 12?

5. How does Dellarobia arrange for the care of her children while she works at the lab?

6. What has happened with Dovey's video in Chapter 13?

7. Who are the Womyn Knit the Earth? Why are they in Feathertown?

8. Who is Leighton Akins? What emerges from his conversation with Dellarobia in Chapter 11?

9. Where does Dellarobia go with Dovey in Chapter 11? How is this setting described?

10. What job does Dellarobia take on Ovid's team? What does her job entail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 migration of the monarch butterflies. Where do the butterflies come from? Where do they travel? What has disrupted their migration in the novel?

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