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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. Who does Lumiere tell the Prince is missing in Chapter 12?

2. What story does Mrs. Potts like to tell about the Prince and Gaston?

3. When Gaston returns in Chapter 6, what flowers cover an arched entryway from which Gaston calls for the Prince?

4. What is the name of Tulip's favorite horse?

5. Where do the Prince and Tulip walk after dinner in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Belle see the castle and its enchantments differently than the Beast does?

2. When did the Prince decide he could not marry Circe?

3. What is Princess Tulip Morningstar like?

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

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

6. How does the Prince feel about his portrait and what does he decide to do about it in Chapter 8?

7. In Chapter 5, what happens to the Prince when he looks into the mirror that Circe and her sisters left him?

8. What conversation do the Prince and Gaston have about the Prince's portrait that hangs in his bedroom in Chapter 5?

9. What does Tulip's nanny look like?

10. What is the only way to break the Beast's curse, and what happens if the curse is not broken?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the novel is a fantasy, the world seems believable. How does Valentino make the world in The Beast Within realistic? How does she use verisimilitude to ensure that the story is realistic and plausible?

Essay Topic 2

In media res is the technique of beginning a story with a pivotal point or a situation that is the end to a series of events. Where does Valentino begin the story? How does she plunge into the story without an explanation? How does beginning the story in the middle of the action affect the plot and affect readers?

Essay Topic 3

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation? What descriptive dialogue tags does Valentino use, especially in Chapter 18? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

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