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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 Duncan?

2. Who does Carmen go to a house party with in South Carolina?

3. Who does Lena eat breakfast with every morning?

4. What does Bridget do as soon as she gets to soccer camp?

5. What is Lydia's ex-husband like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Effie?

2. Who catches Lena skinny dipping?

3. Who has leukemia?

4. What makes the Pants magical?

5. Where is Lena going to spend her summer?

6. Who offers to help Tibby with her movie?

7. Who is Kostos?

8. Where is Tibby going to spend her summer?

9. Where does Carmen buy the Pants?

10. Why does Tibby take a girl's wallet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the changes each girl undergoes in her first summer away from her friends. Choose one of the protagonists and analyze the ways in which her summer experience changes her. Is this change ultimately positive? Why or why not? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Carmen's relationship with her father. How does their relationship change when Carmen goes to South Carolina to spend an entire summer with him for the first time? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the quotations at the beginning of each chapter. What is the function of these quotations? How do they reflect the plot of their corresponding chapters? Use examples from the text as support.

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