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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abuela always want to be wearing when Hudes comes to visit?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her bra.
(c) Her false teeth.
(d) Her shoes.

2. What is the main library Hudes uses at Yale?
(a) Gingerson.
(b) Heights.
(c) Sterling.
(d) Rivley.

3. What producer does Hudes record a demo for?
(a) Richard Hoover.
(b) Tayor Kingsley.
(c) Larry Gold.
(d) Henry Simpson.

4. Where did Abuela first settle in the U.S.?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Atlanta.

5. How does Hudes discover Nuchi cannot read?
(a) When Nuchi needs help with medicine.
(b) After Nuchi dies.
(c) When the two are dying Nuchi's hair together.
(d) When Nuchi's daughter tells her.

6. What kind of songs does Hudes play as a solo moonlighter?
(a) Death metal.
(b) Dreamy broody rock songs.
(c) Power balads.
(d) Folk.

7. What do Hudes and her family always call Gabi?
(a) The Honey.
(b) The Girl.
(c) The Sweet Pea.
(d) The Baby.

8. Who eats a lot, like Hudes, in her family in Chapter 16?
(a) Nuchi.
(b) Vivi.
(c) Tico.
(d) Cuca.

9. Who reappears Thanksgiving of Hudes's senior year of college?
(a) Abuela.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Nuchi.
(d) Flor.

10. What is the first play that Hudes writes?
(a) Winter Town.
(b) Fortress.
(c) Baillando.
(d) Sweat of the River, Sweat of the Ocean.

11. What book does Vivi tell Hudes she needs to read?
(a) One Hundred Years of Solitude.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Wuthering Heights.
(d) The Celestine Prophecy.

12. How does Vivi speak differently in Chapter 16 to what Hudes remembers?
(a) She has a different accent.
(b) She is louder.
(c) She is softer.
(d) She does not seem to know as many words as she did before.

13. What kind of lessons does Hudes ask Abuela for?
(a) Music.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Spanish.

14. In Chapter 23, what does Gabi admire about herself when she is 4 years old?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her earrings.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her round belly.

15. What secret does Hudes tell Gabi before she tells anyone else in Chapter 23?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She is moving out.
(d) She likes a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word that Hudes's family used to describe HIV/AIDS?

2. What happens to Hudes when she starts writing her essay about an author's use of the theme of fire?

3. Where does Hudes decide to go to college?

4. What is important about a cooking pot, according to Hudes's mother?

5. What is Abuela suspicious of regarding Hudes in Chapter 17?

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