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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. In Chapter 23, what color dresses do the witches wear?

2. How does Lucinda describe the way that Belle peeks at the Beast in Chapter 21?

3. What does the Beast give Belle in Chapter 20?

4. What does Tulip suggest might have happened to Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts in Chapter 13?

5. When will the dressing gong for dinner ring in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Belle bored at the Beast's castle?

2. In Chapter 21, how do the sisters get Circe out of the way while they plot to bring down the Beast?

3. In Chapter 13, when does the Prince appear and what does he say and demand?

4. What suggestion does Tulip make about dinner that evening in Chatper 13?

5. What does Circe learn has happened to Tulip, and how does she want it made right?

6. Why are the sisters in a panic in Chapter 21?

7. What does the Beast give Belle in Chapter 20?

8. In Chapter 23, what plan do the witches share with Gaston?

9. What confrontation does the Prince have with Gaston in Chapter 16?

10. In Chapter 22, how do the witches get Belle to leave the Beast?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Valentino use chapter titles in The Beast Within?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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