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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Viviane Lavender is described in the novel as having an acute sense of what?
(a) Touch
(b) Hearing
(c) Sight
(d) Smell
2. Who visits Viviane and brings gifts for her children when they are two years old, saying to Viviane, “You shouldn’t have to do this alone”?
(a) Constance Quakenbush
(b) William Peyton
(c) Beatrix Griffith
(d) Gabe
3. Jack suggests to Emilienne in the conclusion of Chapter 5 that perhaps his father would not hate him so much if what were the case?
(a) If he married Emilienne
(b) If he weren’t blind
(c) If he weren’t dating Emilienne
(d) If he were going to attend college
4. How old is Jack Griffith when “more than two thousand soldiers launch the U.S. into World War II” in Chapter 5?
(a) 20
(b) 15
(c) 19
(d) 17
5. It is January of what year when the narrator describes a new movie theater opening in West Seattle in Chapter 5?
(a) 1943
(b) 1941
(c) 1944
(d) 1942
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the ship that Emilienne’s family boards for the United States in Chapter 1?
2. How does the narrator describe John Griffith’s vehicle in Chapter 6?
3. What does Viviane say “Ava” means in Chapter 9?
4. Fatima Ines de Dores is said to be of what descent in Chapter 2?
5. Who is described in Chapter 13 as Cardigan’s “latest acquisition”?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Ava say Henry was “freed from our mother’s protective rule on the hill” in Chapter 11? Why?
2. On what holiday does Chapter 7 begin? How does the narrator describe the relationship between Jack and Viviane at this point?
3. What does Ava say she wishes and wonders about her mother when she was young in Chapter 4?
4. Where did Emilienne’s family move when she was eight, according to the narrator in Chapter 1? Why?
5. What causes Viviane to become concerned for Ava’s safety in the beginning of Chapter 13?
6. Why does Viviane not pursue her ambitions as a stewardess in Chapter 8?
7. What happened to Emilienne Roux’s father in 1915, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
8. What was known by the community regarding the parentage of Viviane’s children, according to the narrator in Chapter 10?
9. What occurrences does the narrator describe happening to Viviane when she is seven years old in Chapter 4?
10. How is the relationship between Fatima Ines de Dores and her brother described in Chapter 2?
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