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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of John Griffith’s wife in the novel?
(a) Mary
(b) Fatima
(c) Margaux
(d) Beatrix

2. When Wilhelmina first meets Emilienne in Chapter 3, she tells her, “Rumor has it you’re the neighborhood” what?
(a) Baker
(b) Angel
(c) Witch
(d) Midwife

3. What is the name of the man that Emilienne marries and moves to Seattle with in Chapter 2?
(a) William Peyton
(b) Beauregard Lavender
(c) Connor Lavender
(d) John Griffith

4. Throughout the novel, Ava Lavender expresses her concerns and obsessions with what concept and its role in her life?
(a) Fate
(b) Revenge
(c) Terrorism
(d) Piety

5. From what narrative perspective is The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender related?
(a) Second-person
(b) First-person
(c) Fourth-person
(d) Third-person

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of Viviane in Chapter 4, “As a toddler, she could easily whip up a batch of” what desserts?

2. What kind of animal does Pierette transform herself into at the age of fifteen?

3. When Viviane first meets Jack Griffith, he is digging a hole in his yard that he believes will lead him to what?

4. Fatima Ines de Dores is said to be of what descent in Chapter 2?

5. What abnormality does Ava describe herself as having been born with in the narrative?

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