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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 character in “Sweet Sixteen” is said to shift “idly between shapes, like a dealer shuffling a deck of cards”?

2. With whom does Macon Ravenwood arrive at the public hearing in “When the Saints Go Marching In”?

3. Ethan describes finding Lena in the rain on what highway in “Lollipop Girl”?

4. What date is presented in the beginning of “Lollipop Girl”?

5. The narrator points out in “Lollipop Girl” that the Civil War Museum in Gatlin is actually just the old home of what townsperson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Amma play in “The Claiming”? What information does she relate in this chapter?

2. Where are Lena, Ethan, and Marian transported when they touch the locket in “Domus Lunae Libri”? What does Genevieve do?

3. What do Ethan and Lena discuss when she finally lets him into her room in “Sweet Sixteen”?

4. What conversation takes place between Amma and Macon Ravenwood in “The Sandman or Something Like Him”?

5. How is the atmosphere of the school described in the beginning of “White Christmas”?

6. What does Macon remark of Mrs. Snow and her husband at the hearing in “When the Saints Go Marching In”?

7. What does Macon Ravenwood reveal about his supernatural abilities in “The Sandman or Something Like Him”?

8. What holiday is being celebrated in “Just Your Average American Holiday”? How is the setting and atmosphere described in the chapter?

9. What does Ethan discover about Mrs. Lincoln’s character in “Family Reunion”?

10. How is the setting of the Caster Library described in “Domus Lunae Libri”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Marian Ashcroft in Beautiful Creatures. In what ways does Marian compare to the character from The Music Man? What secret knowledge does Marian reveal when her character is introduced? What was Marian’s relationship with Ethan’s mother?

Essay Topic 2

Secrecy in Beautiful Creatures

a. Discuss the theme of secrecy as it applies to the townspeople of Gatlin. What secrets does Macon Ravenwood point out at the public hearing regarding the townspeople?

b. How does the theme of secrecy apply to Lena and the other Casters in the novel? What secrets does Ethan discover through knowing Lena?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the changing nature of Ravenwood Manor. How has the interior of the house appeared differently on the different occasions when Ethan has entered it? What changes the appearance? How does it appear at the end of the novel?

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