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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 age has Viviane just turned in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) 16
(b) 15
(c) 14
(d) 17
2. When Viviane first meets Jack Griffith, he is digging a hole in his yard that he believes will lead him to what?
(a) The remains of King Tut
(b) The Arctic Ocean
(c) China
(d) The Hoover Dam
3. Throughout the novel, Ava Lavender expresses her concerns and obsessions with what concept and its role in her life?
(a) Terrorism
(b) Fate
(c) Piety
(d) Revenge
4. Who visits Viviane and brings gifts for her children when they are two years old, saying to Viviane, “You shouldn’t have to do this alone”?
(a) Constance Quakenbush
(b) William Peyton
(c) Beatrix Griffith
(d) Gabe
5. The narrator says of Viviane in Chapter 4, “As a toddler, she could easily whip up a batch of” what desserts?
(a) Black and white cookies
(b) Cupcakes
(c) Petit fours
(d) Profiteroles
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Gabe when he lies about his age to enlist in the military?
2. What is the name of John Griffith’s wife in the novel?
3. The yearly celebrations for Fatima Ines de Dores’s birthday at Pinnacle Lane fall on what holiday?
4. What is the name of Emilienne Roux’s father?
5. How does the narrator describe John Griffith’s vehicle in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where are Jack and Viviane in the beginning of Chapter 6? How old are they in the beginning of the chapter?
2. How does the onset of World War II affect the Griffith home in Chapter 5?
3. How is the relationship between Fatima Ines de Dores and her brother described in Chapter 2?
4. What uncommon phrases does Henry begin repeating in Chapter 13? Why?
5. When does Ava say Henry was “freed from our mother’s protective rule on the hill” in Chapter 11? Why?
6. How is the character of Wilhelmina Dovewolf described in Chapter 3? How old is Wilhelmina when she arrives at Pinnacle Lane?
7. What happened to Emilienne Roux’s father in 1915, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
8. How does Ava describe Emilienne as a mother in Chapter 4? How is her relationship with Viviane described?
9. When does Chapter 9 begin? How is Viviane’s condition described in the beginning of the chapter?
10. What does Ava say she wishes and wonders about her mother when she was young in Chapter 4?
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