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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 new item of furniture has Travis bought in Chapter 13?
2. Who is threatening to kill Abby’s father in Chapter 15?
3. Who calls Travis while he’s in the shower in the beginning of Chapter 11?
4. 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?
5. What does Parker tell Abby to keep in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the outcome of the fight in Chapter 16? What offer has Travis received?
2. What resolution have Abby and Travis reached at the end if Chapter 20?
3. What conversation takes place between Travis’s father and Abby while she’s visiting for Thanksgiving in Chapter 17?
4. How is Abby’s “date” with Parker described in Chapter 19?
5. What confrontation takes place when Abby and America go to Travis’s apartment in Chapter 18?
6. What do Travis and Parker say about each other to Abby in Chapter 12?
7. What news of Abby’s father does America relate to her in Chapter 14?
8. What conflict arises surrounding Abby during the fight that Travis is engaged in, in Chapter 19?
9. What conversations does Abby have with Parker and Travis in the beginning of Chapter 17?
10. Who do Travis and Abby encounter outside at the party in Chapter 13?
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
Plot Structure
a. Discuss the plot structure of Beautiful Disaster. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?
b. How does Beautiful Disaster compare with other novels in the contemporary young adult romance genre? Are there specific stylistic elements that can be seen in McGuire’s writing?
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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