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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Viviane first meets Jack Griffith, he is digging a hole in his yard that he believes will lead him to what?
(a) The Hoover Dam
(b) The Arctic Ocean
(c) The remains of King Tut
(d) China

2. In the novel’s Prologue, the narrator states, “to many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a mutation. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for” what?
(a) An angel
(b) A woman
(c) A goddess
(d) A bird

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

4. What is the name of Emilienne Roux’s father?
(a) Beauregard Roux
(b) Rowe Roux
(c) Henry Roux
(d) Jack Roux

5. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “The neighborhood boys teased Jack mercilessly until learning that Viviane Lavender could” do what?
(a) Fly with wings above them
(b) Play cards better than anyone
(c) Outrun and outspit any one of them
(d) Drive a car and ride a horse

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Emilienne Roux’s father?

2. What is the name of the man that Emilienne marries and moves to Seattle with in Chapter 2?

3. What year is it when Emilienne’s family immigrates to the United States?

4. What color hair is Emilienne described as having in the novel?

5. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a person not suited in behavior or attitude to his social environment?

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