Flight Behavior Quizzes

Flight Behavior Quiz 1

1 Which type of animal does the Turnbow family keep on their farm?
Horses

Sheep

Rabbits

Chickens
2 Where does Dellarobia first see the monarch butterflies?
A mountain on the Turnbow's farm

Church

In a dream

The town center
3 Flight Behavior makes extensive use of character foils; what does this literary device accomplish?
Has two characters speaking rapidly to each other in order to give a staccato effect of real dialogue

Uses figurative language to convey a truth about a character

Contrasts characters in order to accentuate certain traits

Allows one character to speak uninterrupted
4 What is Juliet's occupation?
Ecologist

Folklorist

Archivist

Journalist
5 The lamb's death at the end of the novel reminds Dellarobia of what event from her own life?
Her father's death

Her marriage

Preston's birth

Her miscarriage
6 What does Hester call the butterflies?
"King Williams"

"Bear Cubs"

"King Billies"

"Monarchs"
7 Who is Tina?
A researcher

A journalist

A leader of a church group

A housewife
8 What distinguishes Bobby Ogle from other preachers?
He is old and out of touch

He is young and charismatic

He doesn't believe in climate change

He preaches only through songs
9 Where do the butterflies migrate from?
Arizona

Mexico

California

New Mexico
10 After learning that the butterflies were forced to migrate, Dellarobia refers to them as a "sickness of nature": what does she mean?
They are a symptom of climate change, which is destroying nature

Climate change is causing the butterflies to contract parasites

She hates how they look

Dellarobia feels sick after breathing in pollen kicked up by the butterflies' migration
11 How old was Dellarobia when she first became pregnant?
Nineteen

Seventeen

Twenty-eight

Twenty-two
12 Ovid's name is an allusion to which literary figure?
An Appalachian folk singer

Ovid, the author of the Metamorphoses

Ovid, the author of the Aeneid

An unknown poet
13 The novel's title, "Flight Behavior," refers to two kinds of flight; what are they?
The butterflies' migration back to Mexico and Cub's abandonment of his family

The butterflies' migration pattern and Dellarobia's desire to flee her life as a housewife

Ovid's path to Tennessee and the butterflies' flight up from the trees

Dellarobia's desire to cheat on Cub and Preston's fascination with the butterflies
14 Who is Hester's first son?
Cub

Jimmy

Bobby Ogle

An unknown member of the local church
15 What word does NOT describe Preston?
Whiney

Precocious

Inquisitive

Curious
16 What is one quality of Ovid's that makes Dellarobia attracted to him?
His care for her children

His dismissal of Cub's television habits

His cooking skills

His faith
17 What town does Dellarobia see as "off-limits" because of its class status?
Clapton

Clayton

Cordie

Cleary
18 What factor ends up being highlighted as one of the key ideological motivators behind people's responses to climate change?
Conspiracy theorists

Religion

Class

Gender
19 To Ovid's dismay, who teaches math classes at Dellarobia's high school?
Volunteers

Math teachers

Music teachers

Athletic coaches
20 What position does Ovid hire Dellarobia for?
A cleaner for the lab

A cook

A research assistant

A lead researcher
21 Why do Cub and Dellarobia get married in the first place?
They were pressured into it by their families

They love each other

Dellarobia gets pregnant

They wanted to start having children
22 What are Dellarobia's children's names?
Preston and Cordie

Peter and Connie

Crystal and Cub

Bear and Jimmy
23 Dellarobia originally lies about how she ended up seeing the butterflies; what does she say?
That she was going to kill herself and saw them on the mountain

That God gave her a vision

That she had done rigorous research and knew they would be there

That she had a premonition they would be on the mountain
24 Dellarobia only goes to church because:
She wants to be a part of the community

Her in-laws make her

She wants to hear Bobby Ogle speak

Her husband, Cub, forces her
25 What does Bear plan to do with the trees on the mountain?
Plant new ones

Run a tourist business so that people can see the butterflies

Cut them down

Prune them

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