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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. Who does Gabi tell Georgina has to go with them when they go for Georgina's procedure?

2. How did Gabi feel after she did the thing that Martin proposed with him to help with her stress and depression?

3. What surprises Gabi about what happens when she and Martin take Georgina to the clinic?

4. What hurtful thing does Beto say to Gabi's mother when they are fighting that Gabi details in her March 1 entry?

5. What topic does Gabi decide to make her zine on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Gabi's relationship with Eric, her first real boyfriend, reveal to her about the realities of being in a committed relationship with a boy? Write an essay exploring your answer, paying particular attention to the gap between Gabi's expectations of what having a boyfriend would be like compared to the reality of having Eric as her boyfriend.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how Gabi's relationship with her mother changes over the course of the novel, paying special attention to both the tensions and areas of common ground the two characters experience.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how going to shows and performing at The Grind Effect, the coffee shop where Gabi first encounters spoken word poetry performance, influences Gabi's self-esteem and sense of her place in a community of writers and artists.

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