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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 Lydia?

2. What does Bridget ask her dad to send her?

3. Where does Tibby work?

4. Who faints in the middle of Wallman's?

5. What kind of personality does Paul have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Eric?

2. How many siblings does Tibby have?

3. Where is Lena going to spend her summer?

4. Who are The Septembers?

5. Who does Lena eat breakfast with every morning in Greece?

6. Who does Bridget dance with at a bar in Baja?

7. What does Bailey think of Tucker Rowe?

8. Who offers to help Tibby with her movie?

9. Whose math homework does Carmen finish without being asked?

10. Why is Carmen angry on her first night in South Carolina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the role of grief in the novel. Who in the book experiences grief, and why? What events inform their grief, and how do they manage it? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

The story is written in third-person narration, with the Prologue and Epilogue written in Carmen's first-person narration. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story this way. How does this structure affect the plot and our understanding of each of the protagonists?

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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