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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of Gabi's poem that she reads to her class on November 17?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

2. What do Cindy and Gabi do at the mall October 3 together?
(a) Get arrested.
(b) Eat pizza, ice cream, and hot wings.
(c) Get their picture taken.
(d) Shoplift.

3. What restaurant does Gabi want to go to and try the new super-hot wings?
(a) Pepe's House of Wings.
(b) The Windsor.
(c) Guapos.
(d) Cactus Cantina.

4. How does Gabi feel about Halloween?
(a) She likes to go out doing graffiti on Halloween.
(b) She writes that it is stupid.
(c) She loves dressing up.
(d) She loves getting candy.

5. Why will Gabi not tell Eric the truth about her father?
(a) His family would hate Gabi if they knew about her father.
(b) She does not know if she can trust him.
(c) He has made fun of drug addicts in the past.
(d) He said he did not want her to talk about her family.

6. Who is Gabi's poetry teacher?
(a) Ms. Smith.
(b) Ms. Cisneros.
(c) Ms. Pierre.
(d) Ms. Abernard.

7. What Mexican food does Gabi's family eat at Thanksgiving?
(a) Tacos.
(b) Tamales.
(c) Guacamole.
(d) Sopes.

8. What does Gabi overindulge in sometimes as a way of coping with stress?
(a) Food.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Alcohol.

9. Why does Gabi not want to tell Eric she loves him?
(a) She actually hates him.
(b) She is not sure he is that special.
(c) She wants to tell Cindy first to see what Cindy thinks.
(d) She wants to write it to him instead.

10. Which of the following foods does Gabi hide in her room from her mother?
(a) Skittles.
(b) Cheez-its.
(c) Junior Mints.
(d) Twizzlers.

11. What happened to Gabi's father after her grandmother died?
(a) He got much worse with his addiction.
(b) He had an affair.
(c) He acted much more responsibly.
(d) He tried to kill himself.

12. What poem does Ms. Abernard give on a secret reading list to Gabi and some other students?
(a) Howl.
(b) Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.
(c) The Road Not Taken.
(d) Wonderlust.

13. How does Gabi feel about her SAT results?
(a) She did well, so she is pleased.
(b) She did well on the math section, but not the verbal section.
(c) She will definitely take them over again.
(d) She did not take the SATs.

14. Who asks Gabi out right after she breaks up with Eric?
(a) Rocky.
(b) Sebastian.
(c) Joshua Moore.
(d) Martin.

15. What poet does Gabi realize she loves even though their backgrounds are very different?
(a) Billy Collins.
(b) Seamus Heaney.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gabi's mother often criticize her about?

2. What happened to Gabi's grandmother before she died?

3. What is Gabi's hometown?

4. Who comes to Gabi's house to try to help with her father on September 25?

5. What does Beto tell Gabi she has to do for him when he sees her making out with Eric at school?

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