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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. Who is the first boy Gabi kisses?

2. What does Gabi suggest is the best next step for Cindy on July 28?

3. When Gabi writes her list poem on September 29, what is one of the goals she includes?

4. Who does Gabi's mother often compare her unfavorably to?

5. What kind of work did Gabi's mother do when she was five years old?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Cindy tell Gabi just before their senior year of high school starts?

3. What does Gabi see Eric doing at the mall that makes her break up with him?

4. What upsets Gabi about the way Eric treats Sebastian at the mall?

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

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

7. Why does Sebastian end up staying with Gabi and her family for a while?

8. Who is Gabi named after?

9. What does Gabi hide in various places around her room that she refers to as her stash?

10. How does Cindy react when Gabi asks her what it felt like to have sex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay exploring how Gabi feels about her light skin color and how it relates to her perceptions of her own heritage, using specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does hearing Gabi's criticisms of her seem to affect Gabi's Tia Bertha at the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

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