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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 title of Chapter 15?

2. What does Parker ask Abby out to do “as friends” in Chapter 19?

3. Abby is to be whose date at the fraternity Valentine’s Day party in Chapter 18?

4. Travis tells Abby that the first fight he’ll do for Benny is in how much time, in Chapter 16?

5. Who is Abby’s date at the Valentine’s Day party in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news of Abby’s father does America relate to her in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the outcome of the fight in Chapter 16? What offer has Travis received?

7. Where do Abby and Travis encounter one another on Valentine’s Day in Chapter 20?

8. Who is Jesse, and what is Abby’s response when she encounters him in Chapter 15?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of gambling in Beautiful Disaster. What is the bet that is placed between Abby and Travis? Why does Abby engage in the bet? What is the outcome? How does this motif apply to Abby’s past?

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

Discuss the theme of jealousy in the novel. How does Travis express his jealousy over Parker in Chapter 5? How does Abby respond to Travis’s conquests with the women at the college? How does the issue of jealousy become resolved in the narrative?

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