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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. What is the name of Marigold Pie’s sister that comes to visit her once she’s become obese in Chapter 12?
(a) Laura Lovelorn
(b) Constance Quakenbush
(c) Iris Sorrows
(d) Beatrix Griffith

2. Viviane Lavender is described in the novel as having an acute sense of what?
(a) Sight
(b) Touch
(c) Hearing
(d) Smell

3. What word does Ava say Henry uses for “good” in Chapter 11?
(a) Gourmand
(b) Excalibur
(c) Pinna
(d) Caramel

4. What is Emilienne’s full name in the novel?
(a) Emilienne Margaux Roux
(b) Emilienne Adou Solange Roux
(c) Emilienne Viviane Lavender
(d) Emilienne Beatrix Roux

5. What is the Latin word for “feather” that Henry uses to refer to Ava in the novel?
(a) Avita
(b) Ina
(c) Pinna
(d) Lita

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Coopers’ daughter and Ava’s best friend in childhood?

2. In the community of Pinnacle Lane, Emilienne is perceived by her neighbors to be what during her first year there?

3. Fatima Ines de Dores is said to be of what descent in Chapter 2?

4. What does Henry create after taking a ride with Gabe in the truck in Chapter 11?

5. What kind of animal does Pierette transform herself into at the age of fifteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ava describe Marigold Pie prior to her sweets addiction in Chapter 12?

2. What does Ava say she wishes and wonders about her mother when she was young in Chapter 4?

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

4. How does the dog Trouver find his way into the home on the hill at Pinnacle Lane? What does Trouver’s name mean?

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

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

7. How would you describe the narrative style of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender?

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

9. What happened to Emilienne Roux’s father in 1915, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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

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