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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 potato
(c) A cedar basket
(d) A shell bracelet

2. Who works diligently on converting the spare bedroom into a nursery at the house on Pinnacle Lane in Chapter 9?
(a) Gabe
(b) Rowe
(c) Emilienne
(d) Jack

3. What abnormality does Ava describe herself as having been born with in the narrative?
(a) Wings
(b) White hair
(c) Odd-colored eyes
(d) Talons

4. What does Henry come screaming to his mother, causing her great alarm, in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Bee in the bush!
(b) Pinna hurt!
(c) Cat on the wall!
(d) She’s flying!

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

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

7. What is the name of Emilienne Roux’s father?
(a) Beauregard Roux
(b) Rowe Roux
(c) Jack Roux
(d) Henry Roux

8. In the novel’s Prologue, the narrator states, “to many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a mutation. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for” what?
(a) A bird
(b) An angel
(c) A goddess
(d) A woman

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

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

11. Who shoots and kills Rene Roux in Chapter 1?
(a) John Griffith
(b) Beatrix Griffith
(c) Mrs. Barnaby Callahoo
(d) William Peyton

12. Viviane Lavender is described in the novel as having an acute sense of what?
(a) Smell
(b) Touch
(c) Hearing
(d) Sight

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year do Ava and Henry turn fifteen in Chapter 12?

2. What is the name of Marigold Pie’s sister that comes to visit her once she’s become obese in Chapter 12?

3. How does the narrator describe John Griffith’s vehicle in Chapter 6?

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

5. What is the name of John Griffith’s wife in the novel?

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