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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 does Gabi start out the school year having a crush on?
2. What poem does Ms. Abernard give on a secret reading list to Gabi and some other students?
3. How does Cindy react when Gabi asks her what it felt like to have sex?
4. What does Gabi's mother buy for her to wear for her senior pictures?
5. What does Gabi's mother often criticize her about?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gabi's poem that she shared in class in October reveal about her relationship with her grandfather?
2. What does Cindy tell Gabi just before their senior year of high school starts?
3. Who does Gabi find out is spreading the word at school that Cindy is pregnant?
4. Where does Gabi most want to go to college as she sends her applications out?
5. What does Gabi's poem that she writes about her grandmother and shares in class in November reveal about her grandmother?
6. Who does Gabi first have a crush on when her senior year starts and why does it never work out between them?
7. Who asks Gabi out after she breaks up with Eric, and how does she feel about it?
8. How is Gabi worried that her mother's pregnancy will affect her own future?
9. Why is Gabi unhappy with her own skin color?
10. Why does Gabi think her own mother should have more sympathy for Cindy after Cindy finds out she is pregnant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gabi cycles through various crushes on different boys in her school throughout the book, with some relationships and interactions being more intense or tumultuous than others. Write an essay analyzing what you think is the healthiest, most positive relationship Gabi has with a boy, citing specific references from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how Gabi's relationship with her mother changes over the course of the novel, paying special attention to both the tensions and areas of common ground the two characters experience.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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