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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 does Georgina tell Gabi about the decision she has made on March 18?

2. Why does Gabi say she was not in the room with her mother when her baby brother was born?

3. Where do Gabi and her family pick up her dad on January 2?

4. What is the name of Gabi's English teacher?

5. What topic does Gabi decide to make her zine on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gabi's zine that she produces in April mainly about?

2. What does Georgina tell Gabi in March that utterly shocks Gabi?

3. Why is Gabi upset about going to the poetry performance in January with Martin?

4. How does Gabi's mother react when Gabi gets accepted into Berkeley?

5. How does Gabi feel about her poetry study-date with Martin in December?

6. How does Gabi know that Beto is having a hard time with their father's death?

7. What happens between Martin and Gabi as Martin drops Gabi off at her house after their first trip to The Grind Effect in January?

8. What ends up happening between Georgina and Gabi after Georgina confides in Gabi about her big secret?

9. What does Georgina get in trouble for in February?

10. What does Ian do that surprises Gabi when she gets to his house early for their group work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how Gabi's relationship with her mother changes over the course of the novel, paying special attention to both the tensions and areas of common ground the two characters experience.

Essay Topic 2

Gabi sometimes feels as if her mother will not accept her as she is because she is overweight, but her friends Cindy, Sebastian, and her classmate Georgina also experience serious tensions with their families over the issue of acceptance. Choose one of Gabi's friends or classmates and write an essay comparing Gabi's problems with her own mother around unconditional love and acceptance to those of the character you have chosen, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What is it about the phrase "boys will be boys" that annoys and enrages Gabi so much? Gabi writes a poem in list-format on her feelings about the phrase; what specific traumatic event in the novel does it directly connect to? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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