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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. When they arrive at the date party in Chapter 14, America whispers to Abby, “I’m so glad you’re here, Abby. I feel like I just walked into” what?
2. When America convinces Abby to go to Travis’s and Shipley’s apartment in Chapter 18, she reassures Abby that Travis is gone to The Red Door with whom?
3. What color heels does Abby wear to the party in Chapter 14?
4. Abby abandons Parker on their date while they are doing what in Chapter 19?
5. Abby tells Travis at the party that who won’t speak to her now because of him in Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Travis’s response when Abby asks why he wants to be with her in Chapter 12?
2. What confrontation takes place when Abby and America go to Travis’s apartment in Chapter 18?
3. What is Abby’s outlook in the beginning of Chapter 18? When does the chapter begin?
4. How does Abby’s father need her help in Chapter 14? What is Abby’s response to this request?
5. Who is Jesse, and what is Abby’s response when she encounters him in Chapter 15?
6. What conflict arises surrounding Abby during the fight that Travis is engaged in, in Chapter 19?
7. What conversations does Abby have with Parker and Travis in the beginning of Chapter 17?
8. What exchange takes place when Abby and Travis awaken in Chapter 11?
9. What is the outcome of the fight in Chapter 16? What offer has Travis received?
10. What leads up to the fight between Travis and a costumed pirate in Chapter 11?
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
Describe and discuss the characters of Jim Maddox and his sons. How many siblings does Travis have? How old are his brothers? How would you describe their relationship as a family?
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