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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 is the title of Chapter 15?

2. How much money does Abby need to win gambling in order to save her father in Chapter 15?

3. Who does Abby agree to dance with at the Valentine’s Day party in order to make Travis jealous in Chapter 20?

4. What is the name of Abby’s old boyfriend whose father owns the casino in Chapter 15?

5. With whose family does Abby stay during the winter break in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Abby’s “date” with Parker described in Chapter 19?

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

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

5. What conflict arises surrounding Abby during the fight that Travis is engaged in, in Chapter 19?

6. What is Abby’s response to the offer that Travis receives in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the fight that Travis is called to participate in, in Chapter 4. Whom is Travis fighting? What college is this student from? Why does the fact that Travis is fighting a student from a different school make a difference in terms of Abby’s safety?

Essay Topic 2

Plot Structure

a. Discuss the plot structure of Beautiful Disaster. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?

b. How does Beautiful Disaster compare with other novels in the contemporary young adult romance genre? Are there specific stylistic elements that can be seen in McGuire’s writing?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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