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

2. When Ava attempts to find an exit to Marigold Pie’s home, she enters a room filled with what dead animals in Chapter 23?

3. Who encounters Ava out on the street as she wanders in a feverish fit and leads her home in Chapter 17?

4. Who sends daily letters to Ava while she remains recuperating at home in Chapter 25?

5. What does Emilienne say to Rowe as he drives her home in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Ava discover when she attempts to flee the home of Marigold Pie in Chapter 23?

5. How does Emilienne get home from the bakery in Chapter 21? What conversation takes place during this journey?

6. Who calls Viviane regarding Henry’s disappearance in Chapter 20? Where is Ava at this time?

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

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

9. What incident occurs between Ava and Nathaniel Sorrows in Chapter 17?

10. What leads Emilienne to call the police in Chapter 23? Where does she send the police when she calls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze the character of Emilienne Roux as the central character in the first part of the novel. What characteristics does Emilienne exhibit in the reading? How does she relate to her siblings and parents? How does Emilienne cope with the loss of her siblings and parents?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the supernatural elements in The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. How does the narrator explain the strange phenomena that takes place in the story? How is Ava’s lineage related to the supernatural?

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