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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 Abby drink a shot of after seeing Travis’s new tattoos in Chapter 13?

2. Who tries to force himself on Abby in Chapter 19?

3. Who does Travis say is “just too self-absorbed to be scared of me” in Chapter 12?

4. What is the name of Abby’s History professor in the novel?

5. How much money does Travis say he’s been offered to fight for Benny in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation takes place between Travis’s father and Abby while she’s visiting for Thanksgiving in Chapter 17?

2. What confrontation takes place when Abby and America go to Travis’s apartment in Chapter 18?

3. What is Travis’s response when Abby asks why he wants to be with her in Chapter 12?

4. How does Abby’s father need her help in Chapter 14? What is Abby’s response to this request?

5. What is Abby’s outlook in the beginning of Chapter 18? When does the chapter begin?

6. What do Travis and Parker say about each other to Abby in Chapter 12?

7. Where are Abby and her friends in Chapter 15? What is the objective in this setting?

8. What purchases does Abby discover that Travis has made in the beginning of Chapter 13?

9. What resolution have Abby and Travis reached at the end if Chapter 20?

10. Who is Jesse, and what is Abby’s response when she encounters him in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sexuality in Beautiful Disaster

a. Discuss the differences and similarities between male and female sexuality in the novel. How does Travis view women? Do his views change in the course of the novel?

b. How are the characters of Abby and America similar? How do they differ? Are their views on sexuality similar or different?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Ethan in the narrative. What are Abby’s first impressions of Ethan at the bar? Where does Ethan live? What later happens to Ethan in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the reputation that Travis has with women in the beginning of the narrative. How do the women on campus react to Travis? How does Travis encourage this behavior? Why does Travis’s reputation put Abby off?

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