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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. How old is Jack Griffith when “more than two thousand soldiers launch the U.S. into World War II” in Chapter 5?
(a) 17
(b) 20
(c) 15
(d) 19

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

3. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a person not suited in behavior or attitude to his social environment?
(a) Martyr
(b) Investigator
(c) Misfit
(d) Captor

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

5. What herbs bundled together does Wilhelmina give to Emilienne to use in a cleansing ritual in Chapter 3?
(a) Mint and birch
(b) Sage and hyssop
(c) Cinnamon and allspice
(d) Pennyroyal and foxglove

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Viviane apply for a position as a stewardess in Chapter 8?

5. What is the name of John Griffith’s wife in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What uncommon phrases does Henry begin repeating in Chapter 13? Why?

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

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

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

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

8. On what holiday does Chapter 7 begin? How does the narrator describe the relationship between Jack and Viviane at this point?

9. How does the narrator introduce the character of Emilienne Roux in Chapter 1? When was Emilienne born?

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

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