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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. 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”?

2. Who is the woman that Lena and Ethan encounter when they are transported through time to the plantation in “Greenbrier”?

3. What initially prevents Lena and Ethan from traveling back in time when they touch the locket in “Red Sweater”?

4. When Marian, Ethan, and Lena return to the present after time traveling using the locket in “Marian the Librarian,” Lena is hysterical because she believes the visions are a warning that what will happen?

5. On what date does the narrator open “Greenbrier”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about the significance of the library in “The Real Boo Radley”?

2. Who are “The Sisters” that this chapter title references? What is their relationship to Ethan?

3. What is Amma’s role within the Wate household? How is her role in the family illustrated through her actions in “The Middle of Nowhere”?

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

5. In “A Crack in the Plaster,” Lena relates a story of a teenager who was Claimed Dark. How does this scenario turn out, and what does it indicate?

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

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

8. What awakens Ethan in “The Greats”? Where does he go upon awakening?

9. What confuses Ethan about the appearance of Ravenwood Manor when he arrives in “The Real Boo Radley”?

10. How are the chapters structured in the novel? What is the significance of the dates noted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the character of Ridley Duchannes in the novel. How old is Ridley? How is she related to Lena? What appears to be Ridley’s relationship with her family? What are Ridley’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Gatlin, South Carolina, as depicted in the opening of Beautiful Creatures. How does the narrator feel about his hometown? How does his father describe the town? How large is the town?

Essay Topic 3

Love in Beautiful Creatures

a. How is the theme of love illustrated through family in Beautiful Creatures? What are some examples of this theme manifested through the families in the story?

b. Do you think that the ending of the story proves or disproves that love prevails? Why?

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