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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. Rowe Cooper works as a delivery truck driver for what business in Chapter 15?

2. What does Cardigan wear as a costume to attend the Solstice Festival in Chapter 19?

3. Who is the strange man sitting on Ava’s bed when she awakens in the night at the end of Chapter 25?

4. Where does the apparition lead Ava during her feverish fit in Chapter 17?

5. How does Jack contact Viviane to say he’s found her son in the beginning of Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Viviane Lavender in the novel. How does Viviane differ from her mother? How are they alike? With whom is Viviane closest as a child?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Cardigan Cooper in the novel. How old is Cardigan when she and Ava first become best friends? How does Cardigan view Ava’s wings? How does their friendship evolve as the girls grow older?

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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