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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. Who is said to have changed the most following Ava’s attack in Chapter 25?

2. Rowe has received a full scholarship to what college in Chapter 15?

3. What impairment does Rowe Cooper suffer from in the novel?

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

5. To whose ghost does Emilienne speak directly to in the end of Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What leads Emilienne to call the police in Chapter 23? Where does she send the police when she calls?

4. Who appears at Ava’s window in the beginning of Chapter 15? How does Ava respond?

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

6. What takes place when Viviane encounters Nathaniel Sorrows in the road in Chapter 24?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Gabe’s and Viviane’s differences in their viewpoints of how to raise Henry and Ava. Do you agree with Viviane that the children are best cared for at home and protected from the outside world? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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