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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 kind of car does Lena use for transportation in the novel?

2. Lena tells Ethan in “A Crack in the Plaster” that most of her family members with magical abilities learned to control them by what time?

3. “Boo Radley” is a famous character that originally appeared in what novel?

4. The chapter title “Marian the Librarian” is a literary allusion to what musical?

5. What is the name of the town where Ethan lives in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What supernatural incidents are described in the opening of “The Real Boo Radley”?

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

9. When Ethan touches the locket while at church in “The Sisters,” what scene unfolds?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Lena Duchannes in the novel. What does Lena look like? Why does she stand apart from the other teenagers at Ethan’s school? Where does Lena live?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of poetry in the novel. What style of poetry does Lena write? Do you enjoy the excerpts included in the text? How would you analyze them as stand-alone pieces? What poets are alluded to in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Love in Beautiful Creatures

a. How is the theme of love illustrated through family in Beautiful Creatures? What are some examples of this theme manifested through the families in the story?

b. Do you think that the ending of the story proves or disproves that love prevails? Why?

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