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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Emilienne’s schoolmate that constantly flirts with Jack Griffith in Chapter 5?
(a) Sarah Callahoo
(b) Viviane Lavender
(c) Beatrix Griffith
(d) Constance Quakenbush

2. When does Gabe enlist in the military in Chapter 7?
(a) September, 1942
(b) June, 1941
(c) March, 1940
(d) December, 1941

3. Who asks Viviane what she’s going to do now that Jack is marrying someone else in Chapter 8?
(a) Constance Quakenbush
(b) Sarah Callahoo
(c) Laura Lovelorn
(d) Beatrix Griffith

4. The narrator describes Viviane in Chapter 4 as instigating a neighborhood rivalry with the kids from what area?
(a) Oak Park
(b) Brooklyn
(c) The Bronx
(d) Phinney Ridge

5. What color hair is Emilienne described as having in the novel?
(a) Black
(b) Light brown
(c) Blond
(d) Auburn

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Viviane taken a job in the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. Who is described in Chapter 13 as Cardigan’s “latest acquisition”?

3. On what date is Ava Lavender born in the narrative?

4. What university is Jack Griffith planning to attend in Chapter 6?

5. What year is it when Emilienne’s family immigrates to the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Viviane to become concerned for Ava’s safety in the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. Why does Viviane not pursue her ambitions as a stewardess in Chapter 8?

3. What occurrences does the narrator describe happening to Viviane when she is seven years old in Chapter 4?

4. How is the character of Wilhelmina Dovewolf described in Chapter 3? How old is Wilhelmina when she arrives at Pinnacle Lane?

5. What causes Marigold Pie’s sister to send her son to live with Widow Pie in Chapter 12?

6. How does Ava describe her birth in the novel’s Prologue? When and where was Ava born?

7. How does the narrator describe the death of Gabe’s mother in Chapter 7? How old is Gabe at this time?

8. How does Ava describe Emilienne as a mother in Chapter 4? How is her relationship with Viviane described?

9. How does the community of Pinnacle Lane respond to the death of Connor Lavender in Chapter 3?

10. How does the onset of World War II affect the Griffith home in Chapter 5?

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