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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. Who is Katherine?

2. When Carmen visits Tibby in Chapter 16, what does she say she sees?

3. What does Lena's mother pay Carmen to watch Valia?

4. In Chapter 4, who does Tibby want to tell about her night with Brian?

5. Who does Tibby blame for Katherine's injuries?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Brian different from when he was younger?

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

3. What happens when Lena draws her mother?

4. In Chapter 14, how is an average day of Bridget's described?

5. What do Bridget and Naughton talk about during their run in Chapter 16?

6. How does Valia end up visiting the emergency room in Chapter 9?

7. How does Lena organize her closet?

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

9. In Chapter 10, what embarrasses Bridget?

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

Explain how Tibby's job at the movie theater both stalls her progress as a character and helps her to grow as a character.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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