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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. When Gabi writes her list poem on September 29, what is one of the goals she includes?
2. What does the priest that Sebastian's Tia Agi ask to speak to him tell him?
3. How do Sebastian's parents react when he tells them he is gay?
4. What does Sebastian's mother do when he tells her he is gay?
5. What does Beto do in revenge for what Eric did to Gabi?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Gabi most want to go to college as she sends her applications out?
2. Why does Gabi start writing letters to her father that she never gives to him?
3. Who asks Gabi out after she breaks up with Eric, and how does she feel about it?
4. What does Gabi's mother say to her every time she goes out with a guy?
5. What does Gabi hide in various places around her room that she refers to as her stash?
6. Why does Gabi think her own mother should have more sympathy for Cindy after Cindy finds out she is pregnant?
7. Who is Gabi named after?
8. Why does Gabi decide not to tell Eric, her new boyfriend, about what is going on with her father's struggle with addiction?
9. Who does Gabi find out is spreading the word at school that Cindy is pregnant?
10. What does Gabi's poem that she writes about her grandmother and shares in class in November reveal about her grandmother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Considering all the adversity that Gabi has had to deal with in her young life - especially her father's years of drug addiction and eventual death - do you think she will be able to go on to succeed in college and achieve her dream of becoming a writer? Write an essay explaining why or why not, citing specific references to the text.
Essay Topic 2
Consider the title of this book - Gabi, A Girl in Pieces - and write an essay analyzing what you think Quintero meant to convey in choosing it. Cite some of Gabi's specific character traits and actions, as well as examples from the text, in your answer.
Essay Topic 3
One of Gabi's most significant conflicts with her mother centers around what she sees as her mother's hypocrisy and double standards on the topics of abstinence and cultural expectations for girls and women. Write an essay analyzing Gabi's conflicts with her mother on these issues.
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