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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 does Mrs. Graffman say adores Tibby?

2. Who does Tibby find out is in the hospital?

3. Who does Tibby visit in the middle of the night?

4. Who is the first person Carmen sees when she arrives home from South Carolina?

5. Who does Lena watch dance from her window?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carmen get upset at the fitting for her bridesmaid dress?

2. Whose pet dies in Chapter 20?

3. Who does Tibby switch pants with?

4. Who does Lena manage to sketch from memory?

5. What does Carmen see when she looks through her dad's dining room window after having run off?

6. Who does Carmen tell Tibby she hates in Chapter 16?

7. What does Lena realize about the pond she swam in?

8. Who does Lena catch skinny dipping?

9. How did Kostos lose his family?

10. What does Carmen tell her dad over the phone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Lena's relationship with Kostos. How does Lena's understanding and perspective of Kostos change throughout the novel? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Tibby's relationship with Bailey. Why is this an unlikely friendship, and in what ways does it turn out to be a significant one for the both of them? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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