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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 is Hudes's debate teacher in high school?

2. Who reappears Thanksgiving of Hudes's senior year of college?

3. What happens to Vivi in Chapter 16?

4. What is a staple of Abuela's cooking?

5. What does Hudes send in to Yale with her application?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 21, what does Hudes once do with her mother's language that she now regrets?

3. In Chapter 16, what happens to Vivi?

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

5. In Chapter 18, what happens during an English class essay Hudes writes?

6. In Chapter 16, what happens to Hudes's high school AIDS quilt after her class leaves?

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

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

9. Why does Titi Ginny never have her chance to compete as an athelete?

10. Why do Abuela and her husband split up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Hudes describe her neighborhood in West Philadelphia? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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