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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. Whom does Henry tell his mother is hurt in the conclusion of Chapter 22?

2. What does Nathaniel do to Ava after raping her in Chapter 23?

3. Who insists that Emilienne take a ride home with Rowe while she helps to prepare to open the bakery in the morning in Chapter 21?

4. Why does Rowe send Ava and Cardigan on along to get home in the beginning of Chapter 20?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Ava introduced to the teenagers at the reservoir in Chapter 15? Who introduces Ava?

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

6. How is the new home of Jack Griffith described in the beginning of Chapter 27?

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

8. Who calls Viviane regarding Henry’s disappearance in Chapter 20? Where is Ava at this time?

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

10. How does Ava come to discover her grandmother’s death in Chapter 26? What does Ava do next?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the characters of the Roux family (with the exception of Emilienne). How old are each of Emilienne’s siblings when her family immigrates to the U.S.? How does the narrator describe the relationships within the Roux family? Is the family close?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of the novel. Is the narrative related from a first, second, or third-person narrator? Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? Is the story told in the present or past tense? What effects does each of these authorial choices have on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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