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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 does Parker say his father’s profession is in Chapter 5?

2. What does America say she’ll buy for Abby for her birthday in Chapter 7?

3. What is the name of the restaurant that Abby, America, Travis, and Shep go to in Chapter 8?

4. Travis tells Abby in the end of Chapter 6 that she’s turning him into what?

5. What is Parker’s last name in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What exchange takes place between Parker and Abby at Abby’s birthday party in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. How does the friendship between Abby and Travis progress in Chapter 2?

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

7. What exchange takes place between Abby and Travis when Abby returns from her date with Parker in Chapter 5?

8. What causes Travis to storm off from in the cafeteria in Chapter 4?

9. How does Abby meet the character named Ethan in Chapter 3? What does Ethan reveal about himself in the meeting?

10. What leads up to Abby’s surprise party in Chapter 7? How does the party begin?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of America Mason in Beautiful Disaster. How did America become friends with Abby? Where did they meet? What has brought America to the same college as Abby?

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