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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ethan take from Aunt Prue’s hands before leaving her house as she sleeps in Chapter 4: “Catfish Crossin’”?
(a) A key
(b) A map
(c) A book
(d) A ring

2. What has Amma sprinkled along the windowsills to keep spirits out in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) Salt
(b) Ashes
(c) Pepper
(d) Baking soda

3. Who goes to Ethan’s grave with Lena in Chapter 6: “Silver Button”?
(a) Xavier
(b) Sarafine
(c) Link
(d) Charlie

4. What Celtic symbol adorns Ethan’s mother’s grave in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Pan
(b) Awen
(c) Oden
(d) Phoenix

5. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle: “As in, how I feel about you, Lena Duchannes” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Need
(b) Miss
(c) Love
(d) Like

Short Answer Questions

1. What are stacked in the middle of Lena’s room in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?

2. Ethan says that after his mother’s death, Marian told him about a Buddhist class she took where in Chapter 1: "Home"?

3. What color hair is Genevieve described as having in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?

4. When Ethan opens the bottle in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles" and the narrative transitions to Amma’s childhood, what is Amma’s great-great-great grandmother called?

5. By what name does Amma’s grandmother call her in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ethan go about communicating with Lena in Chapter 12: "Still Here"?

2. What plot does Ethan instigate in order to send messages to Lena in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

3. What information is related in the Prologue: “Beginning Again? What tone is established in this opening?

4. To what character does Ethan turn to for help in his quest after leaving his mother’s home in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"? Where does this character live?

5. How does Ethan respond when he learns that Obidias wrote his page in The Caster Chronicles?

6. What is Ethan’s first message that he sends to Lena in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

7. What does Ethan witness when he first sees Lena in the Mortal world of Gatlin in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"? How does he communicate with her?

8. How is Beautiful Redemption structured? How are the sections of the book delineated and who narrates?

9. How is the Otherworld arranged in terms of where the inhabitants exist? How are the houses described?

10. What does Ethan obtain from the Greats when he visits them in the Otherworld in Chapter 13: "Where the Crow Carries You"?

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