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Leslye Walton
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Leslye Walton
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What kind of animal does Pierette transform herself into at the age of fifteen?
(a) A cat
(b) A dog
(c) A canary
(d) A chicken

2. What is Emilienne’s full name in the novel?
(a) Emilienne Viviane Lavender
(b) Emilienne Margaux Roux
(c) Emilienne Beatrix Roux
(d) Emilienne Adou Solange Roux

3. When Wilhelmina first meets Emilienne in Chapter 3, she tells her, “Rumor has it you’re the neighborhood” what?
(a) Witch
(b) Baker
(c) Midwife
(d) Angel

4. What year is it when Emilienne’s family immigrates to the United States?
(a) 1889
(b) 1951
(c) 1912
(d) 1916

5. In the novel’s Prologue, the narrator states, “to many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a mutation. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for” what?
(a) A goddess
(b) An angel
(c) A bird
(d) A woman

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the journal entry that concludes Chapter 13?

2. What is the name of the ship that Emilienne’s family boards for the United States in Chapter 1?

3. Who is described in Chapter 13 as Cardigan’s “latest acquisition”?

4. In what year does the Cooper family move next-door to the Lavenders in Chapter 10?

5. What abnormality does Ava describe herself as having been born with in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Jack intending to attend school in Chapter 6? How does Jack feel about his prospects?

2. What uncommon phrases does Henry begin repeating in Chapter 13? Why?

3. How does Ava describe Emilienne as a mother in Chapter 4? How is her relationship with Viviane described?

4. What does Wilhelmina do the first two times she comes to Emilienne’s bakery in Chapter 3?

5. How is the character of John Griffith described in Chapter 5? How does John Griffith feel about Emilienne?

6. What happened to Emilienne Roux’s father in 1915, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

7. What was known by the community regarding the parentage of Viviane’s children, according to the narrator in Chapter 10?

8. What does Ava say she wishes and wonders about her mother when she was young in Chapter 4?

9. How does the onset of World War II affect the Griffith home in Chapter 5?

10. When does Chapter 9 begin? How is Viviane’s condition described in the beginning of the chapter?

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