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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 does Emilienne do for the first time in over thirty years when leaving the bakery in Chapter 21?

2. Rowe has received a full scholarship to what college in Chapter 15?

3. How many months has it been since the Summer Solstice when Ava is brought home from the hospital in Chapter 25?

4. What impairment does Rowe Cooper suffer from in the novel?

5. To whose ghost does Emilienne speak directly to in the end of Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ava feel when she sees Rowe returning home in Chapter 26? What does Fatima’s ghost say to Ava before departing?

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

4. What takes place when Viviane encounters Nathaniel Sorrows in the road in Chapter 24?

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

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

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

8. What scene does Ava describe Jack Griffith seeing from his balcony in Chapter 27?

9. How does Ava come to encounter Nathaniel Sorrows in Chapter 20?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Fatima Ines de Dores in the novel. How old is Fatima when she goes to live with her brother? Where does she arrive from? How does the author describe Fatima’s characteristics and behavior?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the characters of the Roux family (with the exception of Emilienne). How old are each of Emilienne’s siblings when her family immigrates to the U.S.? How does the narrator describe the relationships within the Roux family? Is the family close?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss John Griffith’s transformation in Chapter 10. What trigger causes John Griffith to change? How does he change? What does John Griffith say to Emilienne when he visits the bakery in Chapter 10? How does Emilienne respond?

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