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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 type of restaurant do Carmen and Valia go to in Chapter 20?

2. Where do Bridget and Eric go during their walk in Chapter 29?

3. In Chapter 27, what does Christina ask Tibby?

4. What does Tibby tell Carmen in her note in Chapter 25?

5. What does Win tell Carmen and her mother in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Carmen and Win see in each other in Chapter 25?

2. Why is Carmen uncomfortable running into Win at the hospital in Chapter 18?

3. What happens because of the rain during Bridget's camping trip in Chapter 17?

4. In Chapter 26, how is Bridget impacted by Eric's disappearance from camp?

5. What happens after Lena draws her father?

6. What happens when Carmen is pulled over in Chapter 24?

7. In Chapter 27, what problem does Bridget have with Naughton and how does she solve it?

8. Why does Carmen talk to Lena's mother in Chapter 20?

9. What happens the night Tibby can't sleep at the beach house?

10. What happens when Lena draws Paul?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tibby's sister's accident impact Tibby throughout the novel? What do the tree and helmet represent? How does the accident help Tibby to grow or not grow?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the college choices made by each girl. How do these choices prove problematic? How is the college decision resolved for each girl? What does college represent to these girls?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Lena's drawings of her family. What was revealed in each drawing? How did her drawings help her to grow as a character?

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