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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. What is the name of Parker’s date at the frat party in Chapter 14?

3. What is the title of Chapter 11?

4. Abby abandons Parker on their date while they are doing what in Chapter 19?

5. How many empty beer bottles are sitting by Abby by the time that America and Shepley join her in the kitchen at the party in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What resolution have Abby and Travis reached at the end if Chapter 20?

4. What leads up to the fight between Travis and a costumed pirate in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

8. What purchases does Abby discover that Travis has made in the beginning of Chapter 13?

9. What conflict arises surrounding Abby during the fight that Travis is engaged in, in Chapter 19?

10. What confrontation takes place when Abby and America go to Travis’s apartment in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the fight that Travis is called to participate in, in Chapter 4. Whom is Travis fighting? What college is this student from? Why does the fact that Travis is fighting a student from a different school make a difference in terms of Abby’s safety?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style established in Chapter 1 of the novel. Is the story related in a past or present tense? Who is the narrator? Why do you think the author chooses a first-person narrative as opposed to a third-person style? What are the advantages of using this narrative style?

Essay Topic 3

Sexuality in Beautiful Disaster

a. Discuss the differences and similarities between male and female sexuality in the novel. How does Travis view women? Do his views change in the course of the novel?

b. How are the characters of Abby and America similar? How do they differ? Are their views on sexuality similar or different?

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