Flight Behavior Quizzes

Flight Behavior Quiz 1

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

Rabbits

Chickens

Sheep
2 Where does Dellarobia first see the monarch butterflies?
In a dream

The town center

Church

A mountain on the Turnbow's farm
3 Flight Behavior makes extensive use of character foils; what does this literary device accomplish?
Uses figurative language to convey a truth about a character

Contrasts characters in order to accentuate certain traits

Allows one character to speak uninterrupted

Has two characters speaking rapidly to each other in order to give a staccato effect of real dialogue
4 What is Juliet's occupation?
Journalist

Ecologist

Folklorist

Archivist
5 The lamb's death at the end of the novel reminds Dellarobia of what event from her own life?
Preston's birth

Her marriage

Her father's death

Her miscarriage
6 What does Hester call the butterflies?
"Bear Cubs"

"Monarchs"

"King Williams"

"King Billies"
7 Who is Tina?
A researcher

A leader of a church group

A housewife

A journalist
8 What distinguishes Bobby Ogle from other preachers?
He doesn't believe in climate change

He is young and charismatic

He is old and out of touch

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

California

New Mexico

Arizona
10 After learning that the butterflies were forced to migrate, Dellarobia refers to them as a "sickness of nature": what does she mean?
Climate change is causing the butterflies to contract parasites

They are a symptom of climate change, which is destroying nature

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?
Ovid, the author of the Metamorphoses

An Appalachian folk singer

An unknown poet

Ovid, the author of the Aeneid
13 The novel's title, "Flight Behavior," refers to two kinds of flight; what are they?
Dellarobia's desire to cheat on Cub and Preston's fascination with the butterflies

The butterflies' migration back to Mexico and Cub's abandonment of his family

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

The butterflies' migration pattern and Dellarobia's desire to flee her life as a housewife
14 Who is Hester's first son?
Cub

Jimmy

An unknown member of the local church

Bobby Ogle
15 What word does NOT describe Preston?
Inquisitive

Precocious

Whiney

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

His faith

His dismissal of Cub's television habits

His cooking skills
17 What town does Dellarobia see as "off-limits" because of its class status?
Clayton

Cleary

Cordie

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

Gender

Religion

Conspiracy theorists
19 To Ovid's dismay, who teaches math classes at Dellarobia's high school?
Math teachers

Music teachers

Volunteers

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

A research assistant

A lead researcher

A cook
21 Why do Cub and Dellarobia get married in the first place?
Dellarobia gets pregnant

They love each other

They wanted to start having children

They were pressured into it by their families
22 What are Dellarobia's children's names?
Bear and Jimmy

Preston and Cordie

Crystal and Cub

Peter and Connie
23 Dellarobia originally lies about how she ended up seeing the butterflies; what does she say?
That she had a premonition they would be on the mountain

That she was going to kill herself and saw them on the mountain

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

That God gave her a vision
24 Dellarobia only goes to church because:
Her in-laws make her

Her husband, Cub, forces her

She wants to hear Bobby Ogle speak

She wants to be a part of the community
25 What does Bear plan to do with the trees on the mountain?
Cut them down

Plant new ones

Run a tourist business so that people can see the butterflies

Prune them

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