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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 the restaurant that Parker takes Abby to in Chapter 5?

2. What is the title of Chapter 9?

3. What is Abby described as wearing at the fight in the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. What admission does Abby make to Travis in Chapter 6?

5. America says to Abby that she has to go to Brazil’s house to pick up what for Shep in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Abby’s appearance described at the club in Chapter 3? What does Abby overhear Travis saying about her at the bar?

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

3. How does Abby come to learn about the surprise party being planned for her birthday in Chapter 6?

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

5. How does Abby come to eavesdrop on America and Travis’s conversation about her in Chapter 4? What is said?

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

7. What gift does Parker give to Abby in Chapter 6? How does Abby respond to the gift?

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

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

10. What fight are the protagonist and her best friend attending in the opening of Chapter 1? How did they come to know about the event?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Mick Abernathy in Beautiful Disaster. How has Abby’s father been able to track down her location? How does she respond to seeing him? What help does Mick ask for from Abby? How does she respond?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting established in Chapter 1 of Beautiful Disaster. Where is Eastern University located? What religion is the college associated with? What clues in the first chapter indicate the time period in which the story takes place?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Brazil in the novel. How does Brazil know Abby, Travis, and the other characters? What information does America reveal about Brazil prior to the party? What is the truth of the matter?

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