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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. What does Cindy say is bothering her when she comes to visit Gabi's baby brother in the hospital?
(a) She is worried about her mother's health
(b) She misses going to school.
(c) She is worried about getting college acceptance or rejection letters.
(d) She is so big from the pregnancy she is having trouble sleeping.

2. On April 7, who does Gabi write a letter to that she will never send?
(a) Martin.
(b) Beto.
(c) Her father.
(d) Eric.

3. Who else is present in the room when Cindy's baby is born?
(a) Cindy's aunt.
(b) Cindy's mother.
(c) Sebastian.
(d) Cindy's grandmother.

4. What school is Gabi's first college acceptance letter from?
(a) Harvard.
(b) A private school in Orange County.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) University of Arizona.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Gabi and her family pick up her dad on January 2?

3. What does Gabi's father wear in his coffin?

4. What favorite food of Gabi's does her mother make for her on her birthday?

5. How does Beto know Gabi likes Martin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Martin and Gabi as Martin drops Gabi off at her house after their first trip to The Grind Effect in January?

2. What effect does Gabi's brother's behavioral problems have on Gabi's mother?

3. What tragic event happens to Gabi in February?

4. What subject does Gabi struggle with at school and what does she do to try to fix the problem?

5. How does Gabi seem to feel about her father judging from the letter she writes to him in April, after he dies?

6. How does Gabi know that Beto is having a hard time with their father's death?

7. What does Gabi think of the experience of seeing Cindy give birth?

8. What does Martin get Gabi for her birthday that she loves?

9. What does Gabi realize is going on between Martin and Lindsay when they go to the poetry performance together in January at The Grind Effect?

10. What happens to Gabi's dad right after Christmas?

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