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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 ask Abby out to do “as friends” in Chapter 19?

2. What is the title of Chapter 11?

3. What does Travis drink shots of at the Valentine’s Day party in Chapter 20?

4. With whose family does Abby stay during the winter break in Chapter 18?

5. Who calls Travis as he and Abby are going to bed in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Travis and Abby encounter outside at the party in Chapter 13?

2. How is Abby’s “date” with Parker described in Chapter 19?

3. Where are Abby and her friends in Chapter 15? What is the objective in this setting?

4. What do Travis and Parker say about each other to Abby in Chapter 12?

5. What exchange takes place when Abby and Travis awaken in Chapter 11?

6. What is Abby’s outlook in the beginning of Chapter 18? When does the chapter begin?

7. What is Abby’s response to the offer that Travis receives in Chapter 16?

8. What conversations does Abby have with Parker and Travis in the beginning of Chapter 17?

9. What conversation takes place between Travis’s father and Abby while she’s visiting for Thanksgiving in Chapter 17?

10. What is Travis’s response when Abby asks why he wants to be with her in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Define “motif” in narrative literature, and discuss the motif of fighting in the novel. Why does Travis engage in the fights on campus? What draws the other students to watch the fights? What do you think this recurring backdrop represents symbolically in the story?

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