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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the baby mobile made of that hangs over the crib in Chapter 9?
(a) Glass beads
(b) Dried flowers
(c) Feathers
(d) Seashells

2. What year is it when Emilienne’s family immigrates to the United States?
(a) 1912
(b) 1889
(c) 1916
(d) 1951

3. How old is Wilhelmina when she first appears in Pinnacle Lane in Chapter 3?
(a) 32
(b) 26
(c) 19
(d) 22

4. Who visits Viviane and brings gifts for her children when they are two years old, saying to Viviane, “You shouldn’t have to do this alone”?
(a) Gabe
(b) Constance Quakenbush
(c) Beatrix Griffith
(d) William Peyton

5. It is January of what year when the narrator describes a new movie theater opening in West Seattle in Chapter 5?
(a) 1943
(b) 1944
(c) 1942
(d) 1941

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Viviane in Chapter 4 as instigating a neighborhood rivalry with the kids from what area?

2. The behavioral traits that are exhibited by Henry Lavender in the novel suggest that he might suffer from what condition?

3. From what narrative perspective is The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender related?

4. The yearly celebrations for Fatima Ines de Dores’s birthday at Pinnacle Lane fall on what holiday?

5. What is the name of the ship that Emilienne’s family boards for the United States in Chapter 1?

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