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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 Carmen send to her dad?

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

3. Why does Kostos live with his grandparents?

4. What does Tibby put in the freezer?

5. Who tells Lena that she needs to be brave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Lena decide to give her best painting to?

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

3. Of all of Lena's paintings, which is her favorite?

4. Why does Carmen go back to South Carolina in August?

5. How did Kostos lose his family?

6. What does Bailey tell Carmen about her dad?

7. Who keeps leaving messages for Tibby on her phone?

8. Whose pet dies in Chapter 20?

9. Why does Tibby wake up in the hospital in Chapter 21?

10. Why does Carmen leave South Carolina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of courage. Who displays courage in the novel, and under what circumstances? How do they manage to develop courage, especially if they are not typically courageous? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the significance of the Pants. What role do the Pants play in the friendship between Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bridget? What do the Pants provide for each girl individually throughout the book? 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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