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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Viviane what she’s going to do now that Jack is marrying someone else in Chapter 8?
(a) Constance Quakenbush
(b) Beatrix Griffith
(c) Sarah Callahoo
(d) Laura Lovelorn

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

3. Whose ghost relates “the terrible truth” to Emilienne in Chapter 23?
(a) Margaux’s
(b) Rene’s
(c) Penelope’s
(d) Pierette’s

4. Who is the author of the journal entry that concludes Chapter 13?
(a) Iris Sorrows
(b) Constance Quakenbush
(c) Nathaniel Sorrows
(d) Laura Lovelorn

5. The house that Jack Griffith has bought in Chapter 27 is the lithe white house that once belonged to whom?
(a) The caretakers of the town reservoir
(b) Nathaniel Sorrows
(c) Constance Quakenbush
(d) Jeremiah Flannery

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it as Ava climbs to the roof of her house in Chapter 26?

2. Who is sleeping next to Ava when she awakens in the hospital in Chapter 24?

3. What is the name of the Coopers’ daughter and Ava’s best friend in childhood?

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

5. How many months has it been since the Summer Solstice when Ava is brought home from the hospital in Chapter 25?

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