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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 encounters Ava out on the street as she wanders in a feverish fit and leads her home in Chapter 17?

2. Ava sneaks out of her house at night to go where with Cardigan and Rowe in Chapter 15?

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

4. The narrator says in Chapter 19 that in “ancient Gaul the midsummer celebration was called” what?

5. What do Ava and Cardigan use to concoct a harness to hold down Ava’s wings in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Ava come to encounter Nathaniel Sorrows in Chapter 20?

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

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 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

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?

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