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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where has Viviane taken a job in the beginning of Chapter 8?
2. How old is Ava Lavender when John Griffith undergoes a transformation and visits the bakery in his tattered bathrobe to speak to Emilienne in Chapter 10?
3. How old is Gabe when his mother is killed in Chapter 7?
4. What is Wilhelmina’s last name?
5. What is Emilienne’s full name in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the character of John Griffith described in Chapter 5? How does John Griffith feel about Emilienne?
2. Where are Jack and Viviane in the beginning of Chapter 6? How old are they in the beginning of the chapter?
3. How does the dog Trouver find his way into the home on the hill at Pinnacle Lane? What does Trouver’s name mean?
4. What does Ava say she wishes and wonders about her mother when she was young in Chapter 4?
5. What uncommon phrases does Henry begin repeating in Chapter 13? Why?
6. How does Ava describe Marigold Pie prior to her sweets addiction in Chapter 12?
7. How does the narrator describe the community’s response to Ava’s unusual birth in Chapter 9? Who names Ava?
8. How does the community of Pinnacle Lane respond to the death of Connor Lavender in Chapter 3?
9. When does Chapter 9 begin? How is Viviane’s condition described in the beginning of the chapter?
10. What happened to Emilienne Roux’s father in 1915, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Jack Griffith’s plans for the future and his perspective of his situation in Chapter 6. Why does Jack feel like a failure because he’s planning to attend college as opposed to fighting in the war? How does Viviane view Jack’s circumstances?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the character of Jack Griffith in the narrative. How old is Jack when Viviane first meets him? How does the narrator describe their friendship throughout childhood? How does Jack’s character evolve in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the setting of Seattle, Washington, in the early 1920s, and the location of Pinnacle Lane. How big is this neighborhood when Fatima Ines de Dores lives there? What do the houses look like? How does Fatima’s brother help to develop the neighborhood?
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