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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. To whose ghost does Emilienne speak directly to in the end of Chapter 21?
(a) Cardigan’s
(b) Rene’s
(c) Pierette’s
(d) Margaux’s

2. Where does the apparition lead Ava during her feverish fit in Chapter 17?
(a) To the town reservoir
(b) To the Lutheran Church
(c) To the widow’s walk on the roof
(d) To the town cemetery

3. Ava sneaks out of her house at night to go where with Cardigan and Rowe in Chapter 15?
(a) The Solstice festival
(b) On a fishing boat in the bay
(c) The movie theater
(d) The town reservoir

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

5. Who sends daily letters to Ava while she remains recuperating at home in Chapter 25?
(a) Dublin
(b) Jack
(c) Rowe
(d) Gabe

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ava Lavender’s father in The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender?

2. What flower is said to be “the symbol for unrequited love” in Chapter 16?

3. What is Henry doing when Viviane encounters him in Jack’s home in Chapter 22?

4. Whose truck does Ava see pulling away from her driveway as she nears her house in Chapter 20?

5. What color are the wings that Ava describes unfolding from her back in the conclusion of Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry respond when Viviane asks him if he is ok in the truck in Chapter 22?

2. How does Ava come to encounter Nathaniel Sorrows in Chapter 20?

3. What does Ava discover when she attempts to flee the home of Marigold Pie in Chapter 23?

4. How is Emilienne’s behavior described in the beginning of Chapter 21? What has influenced her change in behavior?

5. What project do Gabe and Henry begin working on together in Chapter 14?

6. What is described in the diary entry that concludes Chapter 15? Who wrote this excerpt?

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

8. How does Emilienne get home from the bakery in Chapter 21? What conversation takes place during this journey?

9. How has Gabe’s behavior changed in the beginning of Chapter 18? Why?

10. How does Ava describe the after-story of Marigold Pie in Chapter 26? Where did Marigold Pie go?

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