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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. What is the name of Jack Griffith’s maid in Chapter 22?

2. When does Rene’s ghost tell Henry that trouble is coming in Chapter 18?

3. What kind of beauty does Cardigan tell Ava she has in Chapter 15?

4. What does Ava say Marigold Pie willed to her when she died, in Chapter 26?

5. Whom does Viviane encounter in the hospital waiting room when she steps out for some air in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is related in the journal entry that concludes Chapter 18? When is this entry dated?

6. How is Emilienne’s dream described in the beginning of Chapter 26? Who appears in her dream?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Marigold Pie in the novel. When Marigold Pie is introduced, how much does she weigh? How does Marigold Pie’s behavior and appearance change once she begins eating sweets compulsively? How does Marigold’s sister respond to the changes in Marigold?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Wilhelmina Dovetail in the novel. How old is Wilhelmina when she first arrives at Pinnacle Lane? How is her appearance described? How is Wilhelmina regarded by Emilienne when they first meet?

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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