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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 Linda Loman's warning that Hudes thinks of in relation to her family members' deaths?

2. What is Virginia's mother's first name?

3. Who is the Sioux elder who Virginia spends most of her trip in Chapter 12 with?

4. Who runs the American Friends Service Committee?

5. How does Virginia think Big Vic might have contracted HIV?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 12, what does Hudes see her mother doing that unsettles her involving animals?

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

6. What does Hudes's father sometimes do for a living?

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

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

9. In Chapter 1, how does Hudes feel when leaving West Philly as a very young girl?

10. In Chapter 13, how do Sedo's children treat Virginia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Hudes's first trip to Puerto Rico like, and what does she learn there? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of Hudes's family's experiences with poverty? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Hudes describe her trance-like experiences while writing? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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