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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 Beto do in revenge for what Eric did to Gabi?

2. What do Cindy and Gabi do at the mall October 3 together?

3. What happens on Gabi's date with Joshua?

4. What does Gabi have to do on the morning of August 1 that is related to college?

5. What does Gabi's father struggle with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Gabi first have a crush on when her senior year starts and why does it never work out between them?

2. Why is Gabi unhappy with her own skin color?

3. Why is Beto so upset with his father right after Thanksgiving and what does he tell Gabi about his feelings?

4. Why does Gabi think her own mother should have more sympathy for Cindy after Cindy finds out she is pregnant?

5. Why does Gabi start writing letters to her father that she never gives to him?

6. Who is Gabi named after?

7. What is the main reason that Tia Bertha moves in with the Hernandez family as Gabi starts the school year?

8. What does Gabi and her family find out about her father in September that really upsets them?

9. What does Gabi's poem that she shared in class in October reveal about her relationship with her grandfather?

10. Why does Gabi decide not to tell Eric, her new boyfriend, about what is going on with her father's struggle with addiction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gabi's trip to Tijuana with her godmother, Sylvia, to buy her prom dress is a disaster from start to finish. Write an essay analyzing what the trip reveals about Gabi's feelings about immigration, border issues, and the stress of buying and wearing dresses.

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

Write an essay comparing and contrasting how Gabi and Beto each approach and process their father's death.

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