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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 spent most of their life in a treatment center in Texas?

3. Who does Carmen hear crying for the first time over the phone?

4. What does Eric apologize to Bridget for?

5. What does Eric warn Bridget one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Brian McBrian spend most of his days?

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

3. What item of clothing does Bridget try to play soccer in?

4. Who does Tibby switch pants with?

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

6. What is Dragon Master?

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

8. What does Bailey tell Carmen about her dad?

9. Who is Margaret?

10. Why does Carmen leave South Carolina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 on the friendship between Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bridget. What is the nature of this friendship? In what ways does it change after the girls spend their first summer apart from each other? Use examples from the text as support.

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