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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 Naughton ask Bridget during their run in Chapter 16?

2. In Chapter 13, what does Win tell Carmen?

3. Where did Lena work the previous summer?

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

5. How does Carmen describe herself at the end of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what makes Bridget worry?

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

3. Why does Tibby feel guilty about Katherine's injuries?

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

5. Why does Lena's father disapprove of her art class?

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

7. What happens when the girls go to the pool in Chapter 13?

8. What happens between Lena and Annik in Chapter 12?

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

10. Why is Tibby conflicted about going to film school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Bridget's relationship with Eric. How does this relationship motivate and define Bridget?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the history of the Traveling Pants and what they represent to each girl, as well as to this novel as a whole.

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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