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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 Tulip drinking when she tells Nanny that she loves the Prince in Chapter 10?

2. What is the season when Tulip arrives at the Prince's castle in Chapter 9?

3. What is the Prince's favorite place?

4. What is Circe doing when Gaston takes the Prince to her home?

5. What color are Circe's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Prince's favorite haunt, and how was it decorated?

2. How does the Prince treat Tulip when she arrives in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 10, what conversation do Tulip and the Prince have regarding the cat?

4. What changes have there been in the castle and the grounds since the Prince became the Beast?

5. How did the Beast attract women when he was the Prince?

6. What does Tulip's nanny look like?

7. In Chapter 4, what does the Prince remember about killing the largest trophy--the great elk?

8. What has happened to Cogsworth in Chapter 12?

9. How does Gaston persuade the Prince in Chapter 6 to have a ball?

10. Why is the Maestro upset during the sitting for the portrait in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Prince and Gaston have known one another since they were boys. How would you describe their relationship and the role of their relationship in The Beast Within?

Essay Topic 2

The Prince vacillates in the way that he treats Tulip. How does the Prince treat Tulip? What does his behavior reveal about kindness and cruelty?

Essay Topic 3

When an author uses dramatic irony, readers have information that characters do not. How does Valentino use dramatic irony in the book? How does dramatic irony increase tension in the novel?

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