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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 Lena sketch from memory?

2. What does Tibby put in the freezer?

3. What does Bridget tell her cabin mates about the night she lost her virginity?

4. Why does Carmen go home to Maryland early?

5. What does Bridget try to wear to play soccer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Lena catch skinny dipping?

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

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

7. Who does Lena manage to sketch from memory?

8. What does Bridget do at the big soccer game in Chapter 20?

9. What does Bailey tell Carmen about her dad?

10. What is Dragon Master?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining support in the context of the friend group of Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget. What does it mean to be supportive and in what ways do they provide support for one another? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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