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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sebastian stay with after he leaves Gabi's house because he is not allowed home?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His Tia Agi.
(d) His Uncle Luis.

2. What does the priest that Sebastian's Tia Agi ask to speak to him tell him?
(a) He tells Sebastian God loves gay people too.
(b) He tells Sebastian he should leave the church and never come back.
(c) He tells Sebastian he should become a priest.
(d) He threatens Sebastian with God.

3. What does Gabi decide to do to help her deal with her feelings about her father?
(a) Go out and get drunk to try to forget about her problems with him.
(b) Tell Eric about him.
(c) Write letters to him that she will never send.
(d) Talk to her friends about him.

4. How does Gabi's mother view Cindy since hearing the news that Cindy is pregnant?
(a) She thinks Gabi can help Cindy.
(b) She thinks Cindy is a bad influence on Gabi.
(c) She is happy Cindy and Gabi are so close.
(d) She thinks Cindy should become a nun.

5. Who is Gabi's neighbor who is teaching her how to make pies?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Agi.
(d) Sylvia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Gabi's poem that she reads to her class on November 17?

2. When Gabi writes her list poem on September 29, what is one of the goals she includes?

3. Who comes to Gabi's house to try to help with her father on September 25?

4. Who is Gabi's best friend?

5. What is Sebastian worried about telling his parents about in August?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gabi decide not to tell Eric, her new boyfriend, about what is going on with her father's struggle with addiction?

2. What does Gabi see Eric doing at the mall that makes her break up with him?

3. What does Cindy tell Gabi just before their senior year of high school starts?

4. How does Cindy react when Gabi asks her what it felt like to have sex?

5. Why does Gabi start writing letters to her father that she never gives to him?

6. What does Gabi hide in various places around her room that she refers to as her stash?

7. Why does Gabi think her own mother should have more sympathy for Cindy after Cindy finds out she is pregnant?

8. What is the main reason that Tia Bertha moves in with the Hernandez family as Gabi starts the school year?

9. Why is Beto so upset with his father right after Thanksgiving and what does he tell Gabi about his feelings?

10. What does Gabi and her family find out about her father in September that really upsets them?

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