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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 artist does Hudes particularly want to see works of in Puerto Rico?

2. Who was Hudes a "miniature bride" for?

3. Where do Hudes and her mother sometimes go alone and park the car to talk?

4. Why is Hudes embarrassed in front of Simon?

5. In Chapter 2, where does Hudes want to go to visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what does Virginia tell a young Hudes about her own youth?

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

4. In Chapter 2, what kind of garden does Hudes's mother plant?

5. In Chapter 3, what does Hudes's father say when she asks him if God is real?

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

7. Why do Hudes's parents split up?

8. What family activity does Hudes sometimes feel awkward participating in?

9. In Chapter 12, what work does Hudes's mother do professionally?

10. When did Virginia, Hudes's mother, have strange nightmares as a child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hudes's skin tone and color affect her relationships with both her mother's and father's families as she moves through childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why is it so important for Hudes to know what her father thinks about religion when she is a child, and why does his answer open a rift between them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Hudes decide to pursue a career in writing rather than music? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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