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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What “mule-headed” Shakespearean character is described in Chapter 19 as “stumbling from tents of sheer turquoise and white”?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Romeo
(c) Bottom
(d) Juliet

2. Who insists that Emilienne take a ride home with Rowe while she helps to prepare to open the bakery in the morning in Chapter 21?
(a) Margaux
(b) Beatrix
(c) Iris Sorrows
(d) Penelope

3. Who packs up her suitcases and leaves her husband in Chapter 24?
(a) Wilhelmina
(b) Beatrix Griffith
(c) Laura Griffith
(d) Margaux

4. Who is Ava Lavender’s father in The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender?
(a) Connor Lavender
(b) Barnaby Callahoo
(c) William Peyton
(d) Jack Griffith

5. Whose apparitions attack and ultimately destroy Nathaniel Sorrows in Chapter 24?
(a) Iris’s and Gabe’s
(b) Rene’s and Penelope’s
(c) Margaux’s and Pierette’s
(d) Fatima’s and Margaux’s

6. When does Rene’s ghost tell Henry that trouble is coming in Chapter 18?
(a) Before the rain
(b) On Christmas Day
(c) After the rain
(d) On Easter

7. What breed of dog is Trouver said to be in Chapter 14?
(a) Great Dane
(b) Saint Bernard
(c) German Shepherd
(d) Great Pyrenees

8. Who have kept the bakery going during Ava’s recovery in Chapter 25?
(a) Wilhelmina and Penelope
(b) Beatrix and Penelope
(c) Viviane and Emilienne
(d) Fatima and Margaux

9. The Lavender family’s home on Pinnacle Lane is described as being painted the color of what, in Chapter 27?
(a) Faded periwinkles
(b) California poppies
(c) Pansies
(d) Faded violets

10. Who leaves an envelope with checks in it for Viviane and Ava in Chapter 25?
(a) Laura Lovelorn
(b) John Griffith
(c) Jeremiah Flannery
(d) Constance Quakenbush

11. How does Cardigan reach Ava’s window in Chapter 15?
(a) By using a ladder
(b) By climbing the roof
(c) By climbing a cherry tree
(d) By pole-vaulting

12. Why does Rowe send Ava and Cardigan on along to get home in the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) He has a date
(b) He has to go to the police station
(c) He needs to give his mother a ride
(d) He needs to give his father a ride

13. What is the name of Jack Griffith’s maid in Chapter 22?
(a) Viviane
(b) Joanne
(c) Marie
(d) Rita

14. What is the date of the diary entry that concludes Chapter 18?
(a) June 21, 1959
(b) May 11, 1959
(c) September 12, 1955
(d) May 15, 1959

15. Where does the apparition lead Ava during her feverish fit in Chapter 17?
(a) To the town reservoir
(b) To the town cemetery
(c) To the widow’s walk on the roof
(d) To the Lutheran Church

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends daily letters to Ava while she remains recuperating at home in Chapter 25?

2. Where is the giant bonfire held every year at the Solstice Festival at Pinnacle Lane?

3. Who is the first person to discover Ava’s injured body in Chapter 24?

4. What color are the wings that Ava describes unfolding from her back in the conclusion of Chapter 27?

5. Who is hired to replace Emilienne at the bakery in Chapter 25?

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