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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beto ask Gabi after he comes home on February 28?
(a) Why their dad died.
(b) To take him for painting supplies.
(c) To buy him new shoes.
(d) To loan him money.

2. Who is Gabi's infant brother named after?
(a) Both her grandfathers.
(b) Her mother's long-lost brother.
(c) Her father's best friends.
(d) Her father.

3. What does Gabi decide to make her next zine about?
(a) Tacos.
(b) College.
(c) Sopes.
(d) Clothes.

4. Why is Tia Bertha upset on Gabi's birthday?
(a) She has just joined a cult and is nervous about it.
(b) Her ex-husband told her not to come to see him anymore because his new wife is pregnant.
(c) She has just rejoined the Catholic church and is trying to atone.
(d) She thinks the devil is after her.

5. Why does Gabi travel to Tijuana in April?
(a) To look at colleges.
(b) To get a prom dress made by a seamstress there.
(c) To get special ingredients for recipes.
(d) To get medicine for her baby brother.

6. What does Gabi write about on March 16 that Georgina tells her that shocks her?
(a) Georgina has cancer.
(b) Georgina is pregnant.
(c) Georgina is eloping with Joshua.
(d) Georgina's parents are getting divorced.

7. Which of the following phrases does Gabi include on the last page of her zine?
(a) Time's up.
(b) All of us are in this together, ladies.
(c) You own all the words if you want them.
(d) Girl power.

8. Why does Gabi not see Cindy as much at school as Cindy's due date draws nearer?
(a) Cindy dropped out of school.
(b) Cindy is in the bathroom all the time.
(c) Gabi dropped out of school.
(d) Cindy is allowed independent study so she does not have to go to school.

9. Where does Gabi find her father's body?
(a) Gabi does not find her father's body.
(b) In the street.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) In the garage.

10. What kind of a car does Martin drive?
(a) A truck.
(b) A van.
(c) A sedan.
(d) A sports car.

11. What does Gabi do when she misses her father?
(a) Listen to his old voicemails.
(b) Read the books he has written.
(c) Look at old pictures.
(d) Go to the cemetery to sit by his grave.

12. What does Sebastian give Gabi for Christmas?
(a) A new sweater.
(b) A picture of him, Gabi and Cindy.
(c) Ice Cream.
(d) Chocolates.

13. What does Tia Bertha tell Gabi about writing?
(a) That it is something only men should do.
(b) That she is good at it.
(c) That it should only be done in the service of religion.
(d) That it is the devil's work.

14. Who goes with Gabi to Tijuana?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her godmother Sylvia.
(d) Beto.

15. What line does Gabi use repeatedly in one of her poems about her father?
(a) So it goes.
(b) But you don't know my dad.
(c) We can not do this anymore.
(d) I love you always.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Abernard tell Gabi about her own past?

2. What does Beto do that upsets Gabi and her mother so much on February 28?

3. Who is Gabi's Uncle that often gets drunk at Christmas?

4. What plans does Gabi cancel to do something with Martin instead?

5. What is Martin's birthday gift to Gabi?

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