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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. How does Gabi feel about Halloween?

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

3. What is one of the worst parts of Gabi's father's attempts to quit drugs?

4. What does the priest that Sebastian's Tia Agi ask to speak to him tell him?

5. What does Eric say when Gabi tells him the news about her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Gabi find out is spreading the word at school that Cindy is pregnant?

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

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

4. Who asks Gabi out after she breaks up with Eric, and how does she feel about it?

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

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

7. What does Gabi's poem that she writes about her grandmother and shares in class in November reveal about her grandmother?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Considering all the adversity that Gabi has had to deal with in her young life - especially her father's years of drug addiction and eventual death - do you think she will be able to go on to succeed in college and achieve her dream of becoming a writer? Write an essay explaining why or why not, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Gabi ends up helping her enemy, Georgina, at a time and in a situation when Georgina needs it the most and has no one else to turn to. Write an essay exploring why Gabi decides to act with such empathy towards Georgina, citing specific references to the text in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

One of Gabi's most significant conflicts with her mother centers around what she sees as her mother's hypocrisy and double standards on the topics of abstinence and cultural expectations for girls and women. Write an essay analyzing Gabi's conflicts with her mother on these issues.

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