Study Questions & Essay Topics
Study Questions
1. Explain how each of the four friends
is an “outsider” in her world.
2. How are the girls different from one
another? Do these differences strengthen or weaken their friendship?
3. What do the Traveling Pants do for
the girls? What do the Pants ultimately represent for them?
Suggested Essay Topics
1. How does friendship save the
lives of the four friends, either literally or metaphorically?
2. Describe the role men and
boys play in the novel. What lessons about friendship can we learn
from them?
3. Imagine that you're Tibby,
interviewing one of the girls. Write out the scene.
4. How does each girl approach
the search for love, either platonic or romantic?
5. What life lesson does each
girl learn during the summer, or how does each girl change?
6. Explain the significance of
one of the chapter-opening quotations and how it relates to the
chapter contents.
