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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. Who eats a lot, like Hudes, in her family in Chapter 16?
2. Where does Hudes find a work-study job at Yale?
3. What kind of songs does Hudes play as a solo moonlighter?
4. What high school did Hudes attend?
5. What is Abuela suspicious of regarding Hudes in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 19, what do some of Hudes's classmates think of the book The Bell Curve?
2. In Chapter 16, what happens to Hudes's high school AIDS quilt after her class leaves?
3. In Chapter 17, why does Hudes ask Abuela for cooking lessons?
4. In Chapter 25, what does Hudes do for the first time that her family comes to support?
5. In Chapter 24, what does Hudes think of her first music classes at Yale?
6. In Chapter 26, what does Flor say when she returns to the family?
7. Why does Hudes eventually decide to stop pursuing music as a career?
8. Why do Abuela and her husband split up?
9. Why does Titi Ginny never have her chance to compete as an athelete?
10. In Chapter 25, what does Hudes spend the summer after her first year of college doing?
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
Why does Hudes titled her memoir My Broken Language, and when does the reader realize the significance of the title? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Hudes feel about her stepmother Sharon when she and Hudes's father marry, and how do her feelings towards Sharon change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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