Beautiful Creatures Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Beautiful Creatures Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
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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 aroma does Ethan frequently smell after his recurring dreams and when strange things happen in the novel?

2. What term does Lena use to describe people in her family who hold magical powers in “A Fork in the Road”?

3. Ethan’s aunts explain that the reason Ethan hasn’t seen the relative whose initials are on the locket on the family tree is because he was what, in “The Sisters”?

4. What book does Genevieve retrieve when Marian, Ethan, and Lena travel back in time in “Marian the Librarian”?

5. Where do Ethan and Link pass a truant officer in the beginning of “New Girl”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of the library does Ethan visit for the first time in “Marian the Librarian”? How is this room described?

2. What does Lena explain to Ethan about the names of her family members in “The Writing on the Wall”?

3. Why is Lena upset when she, Ethan, and Marian return to the present in “Marian the Librarian”? How does Marian respond?

4. How does Ethan describe the physicality between himself and Lena in the early chapters of the novel?

5. How do Ethan and Lena part at the end of “Collision”? What aroma does Ethan smell at this time?

6. How is the setting of Gatlin, South Carolina described in “The Middle of Nowhere”? How does Ethan explain his role within the community?

7. How does Lena explain her personal predicament to Ethan in “A Crack in the Plaster”?

8. What does Ethan reveal to Lena about the locket in “The Real Boo Radley”? Why does Lena skip school in this chapter?

9. What is significant about the conversation between Ethan and Lena regarding the storm in “Collision”?

10. When Ethan and Lena show Marian the locket and travel back in time in “Marian the Librarian,” what scene do they arrive in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of poetry in the novel. What style of poetry does Lena write? Do you enjoy the excerpts included in the text? How would you analyze them as stand-alone pieces? What poets are alluded to in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Marian Ashcroft in Beautiful Creatures. In what ways does Marian compare to the character from The Music Man? What secret knowledge does Marian reveal when her character is introduced? What was Marian’s relationship with Ethan’s mother?

Essay Topic 3

Secrecy in Beautiful Creatures

a. Discuss the theme of secrecy as it applies to the townspeople of Gatlin. What secrets does Macon Ravenwood point out at the public hearing regarding the townspeople?

b. How does the theme of secrecy apply to Lena and the other Casters in the novel? What secrets does Ethan discover through knowing Lena?

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