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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 Mrs. Moreno buy for Yollie's school dance?

2. What movie does Raymundo introduce to Gilbert?

3. Who helps Lupe improve her skills in "The Marble Champ"?

4. What does Gilbert fantasize about?

5. What does Manuel volunteer for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gilbert get out of finishing his lessons?

2. Explain why Victor has picked grapes all summer in "Seventh Grade."

3. What is common knowledge at school and why is it important?

4. Describe Pete the Heat.

5. Describe Gilbert's attitude towards karate after he enrolls in lessons.

6. What is the conflict of "Mother and Daughter"?

7. Describe Michael Torres.

8. Describe Yollie.

9. Why does Victor want to take French?

10. Explain why Yollie leaves the school dance.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the motif of financial instability within the families in "Baseball in April and Other Stories." Why is that information included in every story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe what Soto is suggesting about adolescent girls through his character Teresa in "Seventh Grade," who asserts her interest in Victor after having a class together.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Yollie's reaction to her dress's dye running with Veronica's reaction to the loss of her Barbie doll's head. What does Soto suggest about childhood with these two devastating moments.

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