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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 Tibby find out is in the hospital?

2. Why does Lena find it hard to paint the day after she goes swimming?

3. What does Eric apologize to Bridget for?

4. Why does Carmen storm out of her dad's house the day of her fitting?

5. Who in Lena's family is she most like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Bailey tell off at the movie theater?

2. Who does Lena manage to sketch from memory?

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

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

5. What is Dragon Master?

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

7. Whose pet dies in Chapter 20?

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

9. Why does Carmen leave South Carolina?

10. Who tells Carmen that she antagonizes people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Carmen's feelings about her dad's new family. In what ways do her feelings about them change throughout the novel, and why? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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