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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Viviane see in the backyard where Jack had been searching for King Tut’s tomb when Viviane met him, in Chapter 22?
(a) A swing set
(b) A butterfly
(c) A swimming pool
(d) A crow

2. Emilienne’s brother says to her in Chapter 26, “We were hoping you’d be able to play us a tune on” what?
(a) That guitar of yours
(b) That harpsichord of yours
(c) That piano of yours
(d) That flute of yours

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

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

5. What is the date of the journal entry that concludes Chapter 16?
(a) April 29, 1959
(b) May 15, 1959
(c) September 12, 1955
(d) May 11, 1959

6. According to the narrator in Chapter 26, “No one had occupied the third floor of our house since the days of” whom?
(a) Fatima Ines
(b) Beatrix Griffith
(c) Wilhelmina
(d) William Peyton

7. What word from Chapter 22 means inclined or disposed to please?
(a) Plaintive
(b) Complaisant
(c) Particular
(d) Iridescent

8. Who encounters Ava out on the street as she wanders in a feverish fit and leads her home in Chapter 17?
(a) Cardigan
(b) Henry
(c) Emilienne
(d) Gabe

9. 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) Jeremiah Flannery
(c) Nathaniel Sorrows
(d) Constance Quakenbush

10. What is Henry doing when Viviane encounters him in Jack’s home in Chapter 22?
(a) Sculpting a model
(b) Taking a bath
(c) Screaming and crying
(d) Drawing a map

11. What does Ava say Marigold Pie did after awakening from her drugged state in Chapter 26?
(a) She became a dietitian
(b) She became a baker
(c) She joined a circus
(d) She became a nurse

12. Who is hired to replace Emilienne at the bakery in Chapter 25?
(a) Cardigan
(b) Gabe
(c) Beatrix Griffith
(d) Viviane

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

14. Who sends daily letters to Ava while she remains recuperating at home in Chapter 25?
(a) Dublin
(b) Gabe
(c) Rowe
(d) Jack

15. Where is the giant bonfire held every year at the Solstice Festival at Pinnacle Lane?
(a) The church parking lot
(b) The cemetery gates
(c) The town reservoir
(d) The school parking lot

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 27 refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?

2. Whose truck does Ava see pulling away from her driveway as she nears her house in Chapter 20?

3. What does Nathaniel do to Ava after raping her in Chapter 23?

4. What is the name of Jack Griffith’s maid in Chapter 22?

5. Who discovers that Emilienne has passed away in Chapter 26?

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