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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. Ethan lives in what southern U.S. State in the novel?
2. On what date does “A Fork in the Road” begin?
3. Ethan is entering what year in high school in the beginning of the novel?
4. When Marian, Ethan, and Lena return to the present after time traveling using the locket in “Marian the Librarian,” Lena is hysterical because she believes the visions are a warning that what will happen?
5. What kind of car does Lena use for transportation in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lena explain to Ethan about the names of her family members in “The Writing on the Wall”?
2. What is the significance of the numbers written on Lena’s hand in the novel?
3. Who is “Boo Radley” in “The Real Boo Radley”? What novel is this name an allusion to?
4. How does Lena describe her family members’ supernatural powers in “A Crack in the Plaster”?
5. Who are “The Sisters” that this chapter title references? What is their relationship to Ethan?
6. What conversation does Ethan overhear between Macon Ravenwood and Amma in “The Greats”?
7. In “A Crack in the Plaster,” Lena relates a story of a teenager who was Claimed Dark. How does this scenario turn out, and what does it indicate?
8. Where is Ethan’s mother in the story? What is the impact of her absence as seen in “The Middle of Nowhere”?
9. What happens outside of Ethan’s father’s study in the beginning of “Marian the Librarian”?
10. How does Lena explain her personal predicament to Ethan in “A Crack in the Plaster”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the relationship that Gatlin has with history, and specifically the history surrounding the Civil War. What battles are said to have taken place in or around Gatlin? How do the authors address the aspects of slavery involved in the Civil War? Were Lena and/or Ethan’s families slave owners?
Essay Topic 3
Define “narrative point of view” and discuss the narrative perspective in Beautiful Creatures. Who is the narrator of the story? Is the narrative perspective limited or omniscient? How does this affect the story?
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