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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 Eric do at the end of Chapter 21?

2. How does Lena draw herself?

3. Who calls Tibby at the beach house?

4. What gift does Bridget give at the beach house?

5. In Chapter 20, what illness does Bridget suspect she has?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carmen talk to Lena's mother in Chapter 20?

2. What do Lena and Carmen discuss at Starbucks in Chapter 19?

3. What does Carmen learn about Win while driving in Chapter 23?

4. What fears does Carmen overcome in Chapter 29?

5. In Chapter 28, what does Eric reveal to Bridget?

6. Why does Carmen take Valia to a restaurant in Chapter 20?

7. What does Lena see in Valia when she draws her?

8. What happens when Eric calls Bridget at the beach house?

9. What happens after Lena draws her father?

10. What happens the night Tibby can't sleep at the beach house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lena struggle with art school? How does she resolve this struggle? What message is the author conveying through Lena's experiences at art school?

Essay Topic 2

How does Tibby's sister's accident impact Tibby throughout the novel? What do the tree and helmet represent? How does the accident help Tibby to grow or not grow?

Essay Topic 3

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?"

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