- Mary Lou tells Adina that she didn't win Leader because wasn't modest enough when she talked about her accomplishments. What about being proud of what you got?
- Adina makes fun of Mary Lou's purity ring, and Mary Lou mumbles, "some girls need protection." (4.21) Um, okay.
- The girls make a fire and go to sleep, except for Adina, who has first watch.
- At the end of the chapter is Adina's pageant questionnaire. It says that her mother is on her fifth stepfather, Adina's anti-misogyny, and she secretly intends to take down the pageant.