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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 kind of car does Dovey drive?

2. Where does Ovid go on weekends to meet other scientists, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

3. What are the reddish-brown sheep of Hester's called?

4. To what flowers are Juliet's eyes compared in Chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dellarobia's perceptions of the butterflies differ from Cub's?

2. Who is Juliet? How is she described?

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

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

5. How does Dellarobia save the lamb in Chapter 14?

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

7. Why does Ovid oppose attempts to save the butterflies by relocating them?

8. Describe the exchange between Ovid and Tina Ultner in Chapter 12. Why is this exchange important?

9. What do Dellarobia and Cub discuss at the Dairy Prince in Chapter 13?

10. How has the relationship between Hester and Dellarobia changed in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Dellarobia Turnbow in Flight Behavior. In what ways is Dellarobia an unlikely protagonist? What are Dellarobia's primary objectives in the novel? Does she achieve those objectives?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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