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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 color is Cordelia and Preston's hair?

2. What did Dovey once convince Dellarobia to wear to church?

3. How many brothers does Dovey have?

4. How did Hester's kitchen table become marred?

5. On what day of the week does Ovid arrive in Feathertown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Dellarobia going in the beginning of Chapter 1? Why?

2. How have the finances of Dellarobia's family changed in Chapter 7? Why?

3. How is the setting of Mountain Fellowship Church described?

4. What is planned for the Turnbow land? Why has this plan arisen?

5. What do the butterflies represent to Cub and the congregants of his church?

6. How is the Christmas party described in Chapter 7? Who attends the party?

7. Where is the Delgado family from? Why did they come to the novel's setting?

8. What does Preston want for Christmas? How does Dellarobia know this?

9. How is Ovid Byron described when he first appears in the novel?

10. How does Dr. Byron describe the migration of monarch butterflies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the lamb that Dellarobia saves in the novel. What does this animal represent? How does Dellarobia saving it help her feel redeemed from her past? What does this event signify in her relationship with Cub?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the migration of the monarch butterflies. Where do the butterflies come from? Where do they travel? What has disrupted their migration in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Flight Behavior. What is the inciting event of the story? Where does the rising action begin? What is the story's climax? What is revealed in its falling action and denouement?

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