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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 is asked to cross the border to Mexico on foot?

2. Who is DJ?

3. Who does Rodriguez rarely speak to for the early part of her life?

4. What does Rodriguez encourage POC to do in the face of white supremacy?

5. What did Rodriguez's mother want to be before motherhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Rodriguez burn her wedding dress?

2. What country does Rodriguez visit in 2018?

3. How old is Rodriguez the first time she sees a woman preach in her church?

4. Why does Rodriguez visit Fort Myers, Florida?

5. What happens in the spring of 2014?

6. Who is Amy Cooper?

7. How does Rodriguez's relationship with her mother change in adulthood?

8. How does intersectionality change Rodriguez's approach to romantic relationships?

9. What happens when Rodriguez and her friends of color try to take a special photo?

10. What has Rodriguez always aspired to be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring grief in the book. In what ways does Rodriguez contend with grief? What has she grieved throughout her life?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's relationship with her brother. In what ways is this relationship ultimately toxic and unhealthy?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring how Rodriguez's relationship with her husband. In what ways is it complicated, and in what ways has she worked to improve the power dynamic and their understanding of each other, as a white man and a Latinx woman?

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