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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. Where does Bailey offer to take Tibby as a thank you?

2. Who picks Carmen up at the airport in South Carolina?

3. What does Lena tell her grandmother about Kostos after she goes swimming?

4. Whose math homework does Carmen do?

5. Where does Lena decide to go swimming one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Bridget going to spend her summer?

2. What makes the Pants magical?

3. How many siblings does Tibby have?

4. Why does Bapi punch Bapi Dounas?

5. Who is Kostos?

6. Who is Eric?

7. Who is Effie?

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

9. Where is Tibby going to spend her summer?

10. Where is Carmen going to spend her summer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Lena's relationship to Bapi. What is the nature of this relationship, and why is it so valuable to her? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the important life lessons Tibby learns from Bailey. In what ways does Bailey's friendship force Tibby to think about her life -- and life in general -- in new ways? Use examples from the text as support.

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