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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 flavor jellybeans do Carmen and Tibby send Lena to cheer her up?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Bridget mistake a mitten for?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Naughton ask Bridget?

4. Why does Lena not like the idea of attending a regular university?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Carmen discusses staying at home with her mother in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Tibby fight with her mother in Chapter 4?

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

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

Describe Carmen's family and their dynamics. How do the complexities of Carmen's family impact her as a character?

Essay Topic 2

How does Carmen meet Win? Why does Win think Carmen is the "Good Carmen?" Why does Carmen feel she is "Bad Carmen?" How does Carmen come to see herself as "Good Carmen?"

Essay Topic 3

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

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