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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 19 that in “ancient Gaul the midsummer celebration was called” what?
(a) Kachinas
(b) The Feast of Epona
(c) All Couples’ Day
(d) Gathering Day

2. Who is the first person to discover Ava’s injured body in Chapter 24?
(a) Emilienne
(b) Henry
(c) Marigold Pie
(d) Viviane

3. What drink does Nathaniel offer to Ava when she sits by the fire in Chapter 23?
(a) Scotch
(b) Water
(c) Lemonade
(d) Brandy

4. In Emilienne’s dream in the beginning of Chapter 26, she is transported back to what location?
(a) Ireland
(b) London
(c) New York
(d) France

5. Of Viviane, the narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 22, “She thought it unfair that her life should be both irrelevant and” what?
(a) Solitary
(b) Sorrowful
(c) Difficult
(d) Privileged

Short Answer Questions

1. What impairment does Rowe Cooper suffer from in the novel?

2. How many months has it been since the Summer Solstice when Ava is brought home from the hospital in Chapter 25?

3. Who leaves an envelope with checks in it for Viviane and Ava in Chapter 25?

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 26, “No one had occupied the third floor of our house since the days of” whom?

5. What kind of hat is Emilienne wearing in her dream in the beginning of Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nathaniel Sorrows’s attack on Ava described in Chapter 23? How is Ava harmed in the attack?

2. How does Ava respond to the disbelief of the teenagers at the reservoir in Chapter 15?

3. What discoveries does Viviane make when she goes to retrieve Henry in Chapter 22?

4. What leads Emilienne to call the police in Chapter 23? Where does she send the police when she calls?

5. How is Ava greeted when she is led into the home of Marigold Pie in Chapter 23?

6. What takes place when Viviane encounters Nathaniel Sorrows in the road in Chapter 24?

7. How does Ava feel when she sees Rowe returning home in Chapter 26? What does Fatima’s ghost say to Ava before departing?

8. How do Ava and Cardigan go about preparing for the Summer Solstice festival in Chapter 19?

9. What scene does Ava describe Jack Griffith seeing from his balcony in Chapter 27?

10. Where does the ghost of Fatima lead Ava in Chapter 17? How does she lead Ava?

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