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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. When does Gabe enlist in the military in Chapter 7?
2. What age has Viviane just turned in the beginning of Chapter 6?
3. In the novel’s Prologue, the narrator states, “to many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a mutation. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for” what?
4. How old is Viviane when she finds the white dress that resembles a child-size wedding gown in a closet in the house in Chapter 4?
5. Where did Gabe live with his mother when he was a child, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the dog Trouver find his way into the home on the hill at Pinnacle Lane? What does Trouver’s name mean?
2. Where is Jack intending to attend school in Chapter 6? How does Jack feel about his prospects?
3. How is the character of Wilhelmina Dovewolf described in Chapter 3? How old is Wilhelmina when she arrives at Pinnacle Lane?
4. Where has Viviane begun working in Chapter 8? Why? Whom does the narrator describe Viviane first encountering at her job in the chapter?
5. How does the narrator describe the death of Gabe’s mother in Chapter 7? How old is Gabe at this time?
6. How does Ava describe her birth in the novel’s Prologue? When and where was Ava born?
7. What causes Viviane to become concerned for Ava’s safety in the beginning of Chapter 13?
8. What uncommon phrases does Henry begin repeating in Chapter 13? Why?
9. What does Ava say she wishes and wonders about her mother when she was young in Chapter 4?
10. When does Ava say Henry was “freed from our mother’s protective rule on the hill” in Chapter 11? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The character of John Griffith in the novel. How does Ava describe John’s feelings regarding Emilienne Lavender in Chapter 5? What can you discern of John’s character based on his behavior toward his wife and son? How does John Griffith change in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the character of Nathaniel Sorrows in the novel. Based on Nathaniel’s diary entries, how does he feel about the strange creature he saw when he arrived at his aunt’s home? How does Nathaniel’s obsession with Ava begin? What happens to Nathaniel at the end of the story?
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