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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 route does Ethan instinctively look for as he heads toward Main Street in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Route 9
(b) Route 66
(c) Route 18
(d) Route 7

2. Where in Ravenwood Manor is Ethan standing when he opens his eyes in the beginning of Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) The hallway
(b) Macon’s room
(c) Lena’s room
(d) The kitchen

3. In the prologue to the book, “Beginning Again,” Lena reveals that Ethan was killed when he jumped off of what?
(a) The canoe on the River Styx
(b) The Gatlin River bridge
(c) The Summerville water tower
(d) The Empire State building

4. What title does Ethan say his mother had in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
(a) A Shifter
(b) A Keeper
(c) A Natural
(d) A Caster

5. What are draped over the windows and mirrors of Ravenwood Manor in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) Black sheets
(b) White sheets
(c) Gold sheets
(d) Winter blankets

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Ethan awakens in Chapter 1: "Home,” he is in his old bedroom at what estate?

3. Who is described in the newspaper as having won the Carolina Duck-Calling contest in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

4. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle for eleven across: “As in, apparition or phantasm” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

5. At the newspaper office, Ethan and his mother read in the papers that “the Ladies Auxiliary of Gatlin County is starting a book club called” what, in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the River Master described in Chapter 15: "The River Master"? What is he doing when Ethan arrives?

2. How long has it been since Ethan has seen his mother? How does he feel about their reunion in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?

3. Who among the Mortals in Gatlin is unaware of Ethan’s death in the beginning of the novel? How has Ethan’s death remained hidden?

4. What conflict takes place between Lila Wate and Aunt Prue in the beginning of Chapter 10: “Snake Eyes”?

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

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

7. Where is Ethan when he awakens in the opening of Chapter 1: "Home"? What does he realize about his situation?

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

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

10. How are Katherine Cooper and Samuel Sewell described in Chapter 13: "Where the Crow Carries You"?

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