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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. The narrator says in Chapter 12 that Viviane “could close her eyes and know the season just by” what?
(a) The smell of the rain
(b) The sound of the wind
(c) The sound of the birds
(d) The smell of the grass

2. On what date was Emilienne born, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) May 11, 1959
(b) September 12, 1955
(c) March 1, 1944
(d) March 1, 1904

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

4. Where does Viviane apply for a position as a stewardess in Chapter 8?
(a) Air France
(b) American Airlines
(c) United Airlines
(d) Southwest Airlines

5. By what name does Henry call the ghost of Rene Roux when he refers to him in the narrative?
(a) The Sad Man
(b) The Strange Man
(c) The Tall Man
(d) The Mad Man

Short Answer Questions

1. What age has Viviane just turned in the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. When does Gabe enlist in the military in Chapter 7?

3. Who shoots and kills Rene Roux in Chapter 1?

4. How old is Wilhelmina when she first appears in Pinnacle Lane in Chapter 3?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of John Griffith described in Chapter 5? How does John Griffith feel about Emilienne?

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

3. Where has Viviane begun working in Chapter 8? Why? Whom does the narrator describe Viviane first encountering at her job in the chapter?

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

5. How does the narrator describe the community’s response to Ava’s unusual birth in Chapter 9? Who names Ava?

6. How is the relationship between Fatima Ines de Dores and her brother described in Chapter 2?

7. Where are Jack and Viviane in the beginning of Chapter 6? How old are they in the beginning of the chapter?

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

9. Who brings gifts to Ava and Henry when they are two? What happens to this character?

10. When does Ava say Henry was “freed from our mother’s protective rule on the hill” in Chapter 11? Why?

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