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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Ava say Henry uses for “good” in Chapter 11?
(a) Gourmand
(b) Caramel
(c) Excalibur
(d) Pinna

2. In the beginning of Chapter 11, Ava says, "Henry was freed from our mother's protective rule on the hill just a few months after we turned” how old?
(a) 15
(b) 13
(c) 16
(d) 17

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

4. Whom has Jack become engaged to in Chapter 8?
(a) Laura Lovelorn
(b) Beatrix Griffith
(c) Constance Quakenbush
(d) Sarah Callahoo

5. By what name does Henry call the ghost of Rene Roux when he refers to him in the narrative?
(a) The Sad Man
(b) The Strange Man
(c) The Tall Man
(d) The Mad Man

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the journal entry that concludes Chapter 13?

2. How does the narrator describe John Griffith’s feelings for Emilienne Lavender in the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. How did Gabe’s mother support herself and her son, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?

4. How old is Gabe when his mother is killed in Chapter 7?

5. What term from the novel refers to the railed rooftop platform frequently found on 19th century North American coastal houses?

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