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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 is the name of Aunt Del’s ten-year-old daughter in the novel?

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

3. Ethan is entering what year in high school in the beginning of the novel?

4. On what date is “The Writing on the Wall” set?

5. Marian tells Ethan that the locket in the painting is rumored to be what, in “Marian the Librarian”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the kitchen in Ravenwood Manor, as seen in “The Real Boo Radley”?

2. What strange occurrence happens late at night in “Hallow E’en”?

3. How is the setting of Gatlin, South Carolina described in “The Middle of Nowhere”? How does Ethan explain his role within the community?

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

5. What is the significance of the numbers written on Lena’s hand in the novel?

6. What does the reader learn about the significance of the library in “The Real Boo Radley”?

7. What is Amma’s role within the Wate household? How is her role in the family illustrated through her actions in “The Middle of Nowhere”?

8. Why does Lena attempt to push Ethan away in “Greenbrier”? How does Ethan respond?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of secrecy in Beautiful Creatures. In your essay, examine and discuss the characters, symbolism, and imagery that the authors use to support this theme. How does the theme apply in both the Mortal world and the Caster world?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the characters of Savannah Snow and Emily Ashcroft. How do these girls relate to Lena? Why? What are their histories with Ethan and the other students at Jackson High?

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