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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 chicken of the woods?

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

3. Where does Dellarobia describe one big fire sale due to drought in Chapter 12?

4. About how much money does Ovid say the Tissuemizer cost?

5. What does Dellarobia do with the baby ewe to try to get it to breathe in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How has Dellarobia's family property changed in Chapter 11?

7. What does Dellarobia reveal to Cub regarding her first sighting of the butterflies in Chapter 13?

8. What three things does Dellarobia tell Preston in Chapter 14?

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

10. What bond do Hester and Dellarobia forge with the Womyn Knit the Earth campers 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

Discuss the symbolism of the lamb that Dellarobia saves in the novel. What does this animal represent? How does Dellarobia saving it help her feel redeemed from her past? What does this event signify in her relationship with Cub?

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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