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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. How does Bridget admit to feeling about Eric in Chapter 15?

2. What does Brian bring for Tibby's family when he picks her up for the dance?

3. Where did the girls' high school graduation take place?

4. When did the girls first use the pants?

5. Who does Carmen meet at the ice cream parlor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do Lena and Annik have in Chapter 7?

2. How does Carmen discover that her mother is pregnant?

3. How does Tibby try to make Carmen feel better about her mother's pregnancy?

4. What does Carmen consider when she is lying in bed in Chapter 8?

5. What does Brian ask Tibby in Chapter 2, and what is her response?

6. What happens when Lena talks with her parents about school in Chapter 10?

7. Why is Lena upset that Carmen takes a job caring for her grandmother?

8. In Chapter 7, what does Carmen worry about when she thinks of the fall?

9. What happens when Tibby visits Loretta in Chapter 14?

10. What does Lena tell her father when she goes back to her art class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Annik's wheelchair represent? How does Lena learn from the wheelchair?

Essay Topic 2

How does Valia impact the girls in this novel? What role does she play in terms of their character development and plot movement?

Essay Topic 3

How does Soccer Camp develop Bridget as a character? How would she be different if she went some place else for the summer?

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