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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impairment does Rowe Cooper suffer from in the novel?
(a) He is epileptic
(b) He stutters
(c) He is asthmatic
(d) He is deaf

2. How many months has it been since the Summer Solstice when Ava is brought home from the hospital in Chapter 25?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

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

4. Who is sleeping next to Ava when she awakens in the hospital in Chapter 24?
(a) Gabe and Emilienne
(b) Henry and Jack
(c) Emilienne and Viviane
(d) Fatima and Rene

5. The birds that Ava finds in the third floor of her home in Chapter 26 are doves that have bred with what kind of birds?
(a) Sparrows
(b) Owls
(c) Eagles
(d) Crows

6. What does Emilienne say to Rowe as he drives her home in Chapter 21?
(a) I hope my daughter falls in love with you
(b) I hope my granddaughter falls in love with you
(c) I hope the rain doesn’t last much longer
(d) I hope my brother is waiting for me

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

8. What color does Cardigan dye Ava’s hair in Chapter 19?
(a) Blond
(b) Red
(c) Pink
(d) Black

9. Rowe Cooper works as a delivery truck driver for what business in Chapter 15?
(a) The Pinnacle General Store
(b) The Lucerne Dairy
(c) Emilienne’s bakery
(d) Mr. Higgins’ drugstore

10. Ava sneaks out of her house at night to go where with Cardigan and Rowe in Chapter 15?
(a) The Solstice festival
(b) The town reservoir
(c) The movie theater
(d) On a fishing boat in the bay

11. Who says in Emilienne’s dream in the beginning of Chapter 26, “We’ve been waiting for you. None of us can remember how to play bezique”?
(a) Viviane
(b) Margaux
(c) Pierette
(d) Wilhelmina

12. What color is Trouver the dog described as in Chapter 14?
(a) Grey
(b) Russet
(c) Black
(d) White

13. Whose truck does Ava see pulling away from her driveway as she nears her house in Chapter 20?
(a) William Peyton’s
(b) Gabe's
(c) Nathaniel’s
(d) Laura Lovelorn’s

14. Rowe has received a full scholarship to what college in Chapter 15?
(a) Berkeley College
(b) Boston University
(c) Harvard College
(d) U.C.L.A.

15. How old is Rowe Cooper said to be in the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) 17
(b) 16
(c) 18
(d) 19

Short Answer Questions

1. In the diary entry that concludes Chapter 18, Nathaniel describes receiving a letter from whom relieving him of his duties at the church?

2. What flower is said to be “the symbol for unrequited love” in Chapter 16?

3. Who is Ava Lavender’s father in The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender?

4. Whom has Ava developed an attraction to in the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. What is the date of the journal entry that concludes Chapter 17?

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