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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The yearly celebrations for Fatima Ines de Dores’s birthday at Pinnacle Lane fall on what holiday?
(a) Christmas
(b) Winter Solstice
(c) Summer Solstice
(d) Easter

2. Who is Emilienne’s schoolmate that constantly flirts with Jack Griffith in Chapter 5?
(a) Viviane Lavender
(b) Sarah Callahoo
(c) Beatrix Griffith
(d) Constance Quakenbush

3. What does Wilhelmina leave in the place of the loaf of bread she takes from the bakery when she first visits in Chapter 3?
(a) A cup of coffee
(b) A shell bracelet
(c) A potato
(d) A cedar basket

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

5. What color hair is Emilienne described as having in the novel?
(a) Blond
(b) Light brown
(c) Black
(d) Auburn

Short Answer Questions

1. Throughout the novel, Ava Lavender expresses her concerns and obsessions with what concept and its role in her life?

2. Where is Jack Griffith going to move to attend college in Chapter 6?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “The neighborhood boys teased Jack mercilessly until learning that Viviane Lavender could” do what?

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

5. What is the name of Emilienne Roux’s father?

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