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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Abernard tell Gabi about her own past?
(a) That she used to have a drug problem herself.
(b) That she has contemplated suicide.
(c) That her father killed himself when she was 15.
(d) That she lost both her parents to drugs when she was a teenager.

2. What does Gabi do with Martin just before he drops her off at her house after their first trip to The Grind Effect?
(a) Gets in a fight with him.
(b) Has sex with him.
(c) Kisses him.
(d) Slaps him.

3. Why does Martin get mad at Gabi in April?
(a) Gabi does not want to have sex but Martin does want to and his is frustrated.
(b) Martin thinks Gabi has been too depressed.
(c) Ian tells Martin that Gabi tried to kiss him, which is a lie.
(d) Gabi keeps borrowing money from Martin and it bothers him.

4. What kind of a car does Martin drive?
(a) A truck.
(b) A sedan.
(c) A sports car.
(d) A van.

5. What does Tia Bertha think about the reason Gabi's father died?
(a) She thinks it was the drugs that killed him.
(b) She thinks it was Gabi's fault.
(c) She thinks it was punishment for her own sins.
(d) She thinks it was Beto's fault.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things that was in the package Gabi received in the mail after Christmas?

2. What does Martin bring for Gabi's baby brother as a gift?

3. What wakes Gabi up in the midst of Beto and her mother arguing, which she describes in her March 1 entry?

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

5. What does Gabi's mother giver her for her birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What effect does Gabi's brother's behavioral problems have on Gabi's mother?

4. What topic does Gabi focus on in her poem about her father that she writes in December?

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

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

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

8. How does Gabi seem to feel about her father judging from the letter she writes to him in April, after he dies?

9. What subject does Gabi struggle with at school and what does she do to try to fix the problem?

10. How does Gabi's Christmas with her family go?

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