Flight Behavior Quizzes

Flight Behavior Quiz 1

By Sasha Starovoitov · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed May 20, 2023

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

Chickens

Horses

Sheep

Rabbits
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?

Contrasts characters in order to accentuate certain traits

Uses figurative language to convey a truth about a character

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?

Archivist

Journalist

Folklorist

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

Her marriage

Preston's birth

Her father's death

Her miscarriage
6 What does Hester call the butterflies?

"King Billies"

"Monarchs"

"King Williams"

"Bear Cubs"
7 Who is Tina?

A researcher

A journalist

A housewife

A leader of a church group
8 What distinguishes Bobby Ogle from other preachers?

He is old and out of touch

He doesn't believe in climate change

He is young and charismatic

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

California

Arizona

Mexico

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?

She hates how they look

Dellarobia feels sick after breathing in pollen kicked up by the butterflies' migration

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

Climate change is causing the butterflies to contract parasites
11 How old was Dellarobia when she first became pregnant?

Twenty-two

Nineteen

Twenty-eight

Seventeen
12 Ovid's name is an allusion to which literary figure?

An unknown poet

An Appalachian folk singer

Ovid, the author of the Metamorphoses

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

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
14 Who is Hester's first son?

Cub

An unknown member of the local church

Bobby Ogle

Jimmy
15 What word does NOT describe Preston?

Precocious

Whiney

Curious

Inquisitive
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?

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

Class

Religion

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

Math teachers

Music teachers

Athletic coaches

Volunteers
20 What position does Ovid hire Dellarobia for?

A lead researcher

A research assistant

A cleaner for the lab

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

They love each other

They were pressured into it by their families

Dellarobia gets pregnant

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

Bear and Jimmy

Crystal and Cub

Preston and Cordie

Peter and Connie
23 Dellarobia originally lies about how she ended up seeing the butterflies; what does she say?

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

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 God gave her a vision
24 Dellarobia only goes to church because:

Her in-laws make her

She wants to hear Bobby Ogle speak

Her husband, Cub, forces her

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

Plant new ones

Cut them down

Prune them

Run a tourist business so that people can see the butterflies

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