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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 Lena says her Aunt Del is in “A Crack in the Plaster”?

2. On what date does “Dream On” begin?

3. What member of the basketball team is chosen to tell Ethan to stay away from Lena in “Gathering Days”?

4. Ethan has a nightmare in which he is what in “The Real Boo Radley”?

5. Ethan learns from his aunts in “The Sisters” that the initials on the locket stand for what name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ethan describe the physicality between himself and Lena in the early chapters of the novel?

2. How does Lena describe her family members’ supernatural powers in “A Crack in the Plaster”?

3. What is significant about the conversation between Ethan and Lena regarding the storm in “Collision”?

4. How are the chapters structured in the novel? What is the significance of the dates noted?

5. What conversation does Ethan overhear between Macon Ravenwood and Amma in “The Greats”?

6. Who are “The Sisters” that this chapter title references? What is their relationship to Ethan?

7. Who is “Boo Radley” in “The Real Boo Radley”? What novel is this name an allusion to?

8. What does Ethan learn about the history of Ravenwood in “The Sisters”?

9. Why is Lena upset when she, Ethan, and Marian return to the present in “Marian the Librarian”? How does Marian respond?

10. What awakens Ethan in “The Greats”? Where does he go upon awakening?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Plot Structure

a. Discuss the plot structure of Beautiful Creatures. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?

b. How does Beautiful Creatures compare with other novels of the same genre? Do you think the story is stronger or weaker than that of other contemporary fantasy novels? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the character of Ridley Duchannes in the novel. How old is Ridley? How is she related to Lena? What appears to be Ridley’s relationship with her family? What are Ridley’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of Greenbrier in the novel. Where is this plantation in relation to Wate’s Landing and Ravenwood Manor? What is the history of Greenbrier? Who is buried on the Greenbrier grounds?

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