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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Beatrix Griffith
(b) William Peyton
(c) Constance Quakenbush
(d) Gabe

2. How did Gabe’s mother support herself and her son, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) She was a librarian
(b) She worked in a café
(c) She prostituted herself
(d) She sold flowers in a shop

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

4. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a person not suited in behavior or attitude to his social environment?
(a) Martyr
(b) Investigator
(c) Misfit
(d) Captor

5. What is Mr. Cooper’s first name in the novel?
(a) Rene
(b) Jack
(c) Zeb
(d) Gabe

6. What is the Latin word for “feather” that Henry uses to refer to Ava in the novel?
(a) Avita
(b) Lita
(c) Pinna
(d) Ina

7. What is the name of John Griffith’s wife in the novel?
(a) Fatima
(b) Beatrix
(c) Mary
(d) Margaux

8. In what year does the Cooper family move next-door to the Lavenders in Chapter 10?
(a) 1961
(b) 1956
(c) 1941
(d) 1952

9. What is the name of the ship that Emilienne’s family boards for the United States in Chapter 1?
(a) The SS Titanic
(b) The SS Manhatine
(c) The SS France
(d) The SS Portugal

10. What does Viviane say “Ava” means in Chapter 9?
(a) Angel
(b) Monster
(c) Witch
(d) Bird

11. Where is Jack Griffith going to move to attend college in Chapter 6?
(a) Spokane, Washington
(b) New Brunswick, New Jersey
(c) Seattle, Washington
(d) Walla Walla, Washington

12. How old is Viviane when she finds the white dress that resembles a child-size wedding gown in a closet in the house in Chapter 4?
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 9

13. What kind of animal does Pierette transform herself into at the age of fifteen?
(a) A canary
(b) A cat
(c) A chicken
(d) A dog

14. To what Native American tribe does Wilhelmina belong?
(a) The Winnemem tribe
(b) The Yurok tribe
(c) The Suquamish tribe
(d) The Cherokee tribe

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Wilhelmina first meets Emilienne in Chapter 3, she tells her, “Rumor has it you’re the neighborhood” what?

2. What does Henry come screaming to his mother, causing her great alarm, in the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. On what date was Emilienne born, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

4. What word does Ava say Henry uses for “good” in Chapter 11?

5. Where does Viviane apply for a position as a stewardess in Chapter 8?

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