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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 does Ethan discover his father has been writing when he and Lena enter his study in “White Christmas”?

2. Ethan learns that his father is on the balcony where in his pajamas in “Lollipop Girl”?

3. What does Ethan show Lena about the door to his dad’s study in “White Christmas”?

4. Whose body replaces Ethan’s when Lena recites the spell in “The Claiming”?

5. What is Macon’s brother’s name who appears with him in “Family Reunion”?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is the setting of the party significant to the main characters in “Sweet Sixteen”?

2. How is the setting of the Caster Library described in “Domus Lunae Libri”?

3. What do Ethan and Lena discuss when she finally lets him into her room in “Sweet Sixteen”?

4. What does Macon Ravenwood reveal about his supernatural abilities in “The Sandman or Something Like Him”?

5. Who arrives with Macon in “Family Reunion”? How does Macon respond to Sarafine’s accusations?

6. What final jabs does Macon make on the townspeople at the hearing in “When the Saints Go Marching In”?

7. What discovery does Ethan make of his father’s work in “White Christmas”? How does Ethan respond?

8. What conversation takes place between Amma and Macon Ravenwood in “The Sandman or Something Like Him”?

9. Why do Ethan and Lena take Aunt Del with them to the cemetery in “Grave Digging”?

10. What does Lena discover about the choice she has to make in her Claiming in “Family Reunion”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Ethan Wate in Beautiful Creatures. How old is Ethan? What can you tell about his character based on his narrative style and comments about the townspeople of Gatlin? How does Ethan change in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship that Gatlin has with history, and specifically the history surrounding the Civil War. What battles are said to have taken place in or around Gatlin? How do the authors address the aspects of slavery involved in the Civil War? Were Lena and/or Ethan’s families slave owners?

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