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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 Travis’s last name?

2. The guy who buys Abby a beer at the dance club tells Travis that he saw him fight whom last year in Chapter 3?

3. Whom does Abby go to meet at three o’clock to give him Sherri Cassidy’s Music Appreciation notes in Chapter 2?

4. What does Abby say she has to study for when she first talks to Travis in Chapter 10?

5. What is Parker’s minor in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the wagers in the bet between Travis and Abby in Chapter 4? Who wins the bet?

2. What do Abby and America discuss while they are out together in Chapter 7?

3. How does Travis go about inserting himself into Abby’s life initially in Chapter 2?

4. How does Abby respond to the rumors that begin to circulate about her in Chapter 3? What does Travis suggest?

5. What fight is Travis called to in Chapter 4? What does Travis insist about Abby’s apparel at the fight?

6. What are Abby’s impressions on her date with Parker in Chapter 10?

7. What leads Abby and America to stay at Travis and Shep’s apartment in Chapter 2? How does Abby feel about the situation initially?

8. What leads Abby to become outraged by Travis when she and America arrive at his apartment in Chapter 2?

9. What does Abby come to learn about Travis’s studies at the college in Chapter 1? How did Travis come to be a fighter?

10. What confrontation takes place between Abby and Travis in the beginning of Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Family in Beautiful Disaster

a. Compare the families of Abby and Travis in the novel. How are they similar? How do they differ?

b. What symbolism supports the theme of family in the novel? Do you think that the author’s depictions of family in the narrative are positive or negative? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism and imagery of Parker’s gift to Abby for her birthday in Chapter 6. What does this gift represent symbolically? How does Abby respond to the gift? Where does this object reappear in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Ethan in the narrative. What are Abby’s first impressions of Ethan at the bar? Where does Ethan live? What later happens to Ethan in the story?

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