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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. What is one of the many questions Gabi would like to ask her mother but is afraid to?

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

3. What does Gabi learn about the relationship between Martin and Lindsay?

4. Where is Gabi's dad on New Year's Eve?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. How does Gabi's mother react when Gabi gets accepted into Berkeley?

7. Why is Gabi upset about going to the poetry performance in January with Martin?

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

9. What plans does Gabi have to cancel in order to work on poetry with Martin in December?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gabi sometimes feels as if her mother will not accept her as she is because she is overweight, but her friends Cindy, Sebastian, and her classmate Georgina also experience serious tensions with their families over the issue of acceptance. Choose one of Gabi's friends or classmates and write an essay comparing Gabi's problems with her own mother around unconditional love and acceptance to those of the character you have chosen, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Although Gabi loves her family fiercely, she dreams of leaving her hometown to attend college, which she is poised to do at the novel's end after being admitted to Berkeley. Write an essay analyzing the ways in which Gabi chooses to break with her family's traditions and expectations of her.

Essay Topic 3

For Gabi, food is both a means of emotional support, comfort, and escape and also an obstacle to her achieving the kind of appearance and healthfulness she yearns for. Write an essay analyzing Gabi's complex relationship with food and eating.

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