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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 Viviane suffers from particularly bad bouts of insomnia, she drinks tea made from the crushed leaves of what flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 16?

2. Who asks Ava on the rooftop in Chapter 26, “It is all right, now? Yes?”

3. What does Ava describe hanging over the mantle in Marigold Pie’s home in Chapter 23?

4. What month is it as Ava climbs to the roof of her house in Chapter 26?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the first “clue” that Emilienne deciphers when she arrives at the home of Marigold Pie in Chapter 24?

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

5. What incident occurs between Ava and Nathaniel Sorrows in Chapter 17?

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

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

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

9. What do Gabe and Viviane argue about in Chapter 16? How does Ava respond to the argument?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the causes, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment for autism spectrum disorder. When do children with autism begin to exhibit signs of the disorder? How does autism affect speech and communication skills? In what ways are Henry’s behaviors in the novel exhibitive of autism spectrum disorder?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the supernatural elements in The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. How does the narrator explain the strange phenomena that takes place in the story? How is Ava’s lineage related to the supernatural?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the character of Emilienne Roux as the central character in the first part of the novel. What characteristics does Emilienne exhibit in the reading? How does she relate to her siblings and parents? How does Emilienne cope with the loss of her siblings and parents?

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