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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. Whose death does Virginia predict as a young child?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her sister's.
(c) Don Genaro's.
(d) Her brother's.

2. In Chapter 2, where does Hudes want to go to visit?
(a) Titi Ginny's.
(b) Jennifer's.
(c) Ryan's.
(d) Abeula's.

3. Why does Hudes's mother leave her father?
(a) Her father has moved out of the country.
(b) Her father is ill.
(c) Her father has cheated on her.
(d) Her father has left her mother.

4. Where do Hudes and her mother sometimes go alone and park the car to talk?
(a) The forest.
(b) The lake.
(c) The art musuem.
(d) The church.

5. Who is Abeula's sister?
(a) Tia Moncha.
(b) Tia Flor.
(c) Tia Holi.
(d) Tia Nuchi.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which church is Mary Lou's funeral held?

2. In Chapter 15, which composer does Hudes try to master?

3. Who is Hudes's father's new wife?

4. In Chapter 6, what do strangers sometimes think is the relationship between Hudes and her mother?

5. In Chapter 5, who is Hudes's English cousin who comes to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hudes's mother do to try to help her her teenage depression?

2. How do strangers often react when they see Hudes and her mother together?

3. In Chapter 5, what happens when Simon comes to visit?

4. In Chapter 10, what disease affects many of Hudes's family members that her family does not want to discuss?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Sedo buy for Hudes and how does it affect her?

6. In Chapter 6, how does Hudes spend her father's wedding?

7. What are Hudes's memories of Mary Lou?

8. What does Hudes's mother Virginia tell her happened to her own father's family?

9. In Chapter 6, what does Sharon tell Hudes on the day of the wedding?

10. What happens when Hudes gets her first period?

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