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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 Gabi write a poem about after she gets home from her first performance at The Grind Effect?
(a) The experience of performing her poetry on stage.
(b) Her difficult relationship with her mother.
(c) Her feelings about Cindy.
(d) Her love for Martin.

2. Who moves in with Gabi's family to help with her new infant brother?
(a) Tia Agi.
(b) Luis.
(c) Tia Bertha.
(d) Uncle Hermando.

3. What does Gabi learn about the relationship between Martin and Lindsay?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They used to be step-siblings but are not any more.
(c) They used to date.
(d) They are siblings.

4. What does Ms. Abernard tell Gabi about her own past?
(a) That she lost both her parents to drugs when she was a teenager.
(b) That she has contemplated suicide.
(c) That her father killed himself when she was 15.
(d) That she used to have a drug problem herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a car does Martin drive?

2. Why does Gabi not see Cindy as much at school as Cindy's due date draws nearer?

3. What does Gabi receive in the mail the day after Christmas?

4. What solution to Gabi's stress and depression does Martin propose?

5. What do Cindy and Sebastian tell Gabi when she finally tells them she likes Martin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Gabi feel about her poetry study-date with Martin in December?

6. Who comes to the hospital and stays in the room with Gabi's mother while Gabi's mother has the baby?

7. What topic does Gabi focus on in her poem about her father that she writes in December?

8. What does Georgina tell Gabi in March that utterly shocks Gabi?

9. What is Gabi's zine that she produces in April mainly about?

10. What ends up happening between Georgina and Gabi after Georgina confides in Gabi about her big secret?

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