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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 is Dragon Master?

2. Who keeps calling Tibby and leaving messages?

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

4. Who does Carmen finally call in Chapter 21?

5. Who spends hours in their room watching TV and eating junk food?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tells Carmen that she antagonizes people?

2. Who does Lena catch skinny dipping?

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

4. Why does Carmen throw a rock through her dad's dining room window?

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

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

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

8. Who does Tibby switch pants with?

9. Who does Lena manage to sketch from memory?

10. Who does Bridget lose her virginity to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Write an essay exploring the quotations at the beginning of each chapter. What is the function of these quotations? How do they reflect the plot of their corresponding chapters? Use examples from the text as support.

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