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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 the first play that Hudes writes?

2. How does Vivi speak differently in Chapter 16 to what Hudes remembers?

3. In Chapter 18, who is Hudes's English teacher?

4. How does Hudes discover Nuchi cannot read?

5. How many people are allowed in Yale seminars?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 23, how does Hudes feel about going to Yale?

2. In Chapter 17, why does Hudes ask Abuela for cooking lessons?

3. In Chapter 23, what does Gabi think about her own chubby body?

4. Why does Abuela move her family from New York to Philadelphia?

5. In Chapter 25, what does Hudes do for the first time that her family comes to support?

6. In Chapter 23, what secret does Hudes tell Gabi that she has told no one else?

7. Why does Hudes eventually decide to stop pursuing music as a career?

8. In Chapter 18, what big change happens in Hudes's family?

9. In Chapter 25, what does Hudes spend the summer after her first year of college doing?

10. In Chapter 19, why does Hudes get so upset in debate class?

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

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 3

For as much as Hudes respects and loves the playwright Paula Vogel, a mentor of hers, why do you think Hudes chooses intentionally to try to keep Vogel at an emotional arms-length? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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