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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 have kept the bakery going during Ava’s recovery in Chapter 25?

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

3. What color are the wings that Ava describes unfolding from her back in the conclusion of Chapter 27?

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

5. Of Viviane, the narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 22, “She thought it unfair that her life should be both irrelevant and” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is related in the journal entry that concludes Chapter 17? When is this entry dated?

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

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

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

7. What do Gabe and Viviane argue about in Chapter 16? How does Ava respond to the argument?

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

9. What is described in the diary entry that concludes Chapter 15? Who wrote this excerpt?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of motherhood in the novel. How would you compare Emilienne as a mother to Mrs. Beauregard Roux? What circumstances have influenced Emilienne’s capacities as a mother? How does Viviane differ as a mother in the story?

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

Analyze and discuss the character of Ava Lavender as the protagonist and narrator of the novel. How would you describe Ava’s personality as a child? How are Ava’s wings described? What size and color are her wings? How does Ava’s character evolve in the course of the story?

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