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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. Abby abandons Parker on their date while they are doing what in Chapter 19?

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

3. What new item of furniture has Travis bought in Chapter 13?

4. What is the name of the blonde that Travis pushed from his lap for insulting America, according to the narrator in Chapter 14?

5. What is Travis’s father’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What exchange takes place when Abby and Travis awaken in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

5. What news of Abby’s father does America relate to her in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

9. What is the outcome of the fight in Chapter 16? What offer has Travis received?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism and imagery of Parker’s gift to Abby for her birthday in Chapter 6. What does this gift represent symbolically? How does Abby respond to the gift? Where does this object reappear in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the bet that is established between Abby and the hosts of her birthday party in Chapter 7. How many shots of tequila must Abby drink in order to win double the bet? What dangers does Abby face in this situation? Do you think the author’s depiction in this chapter is realistic?

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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