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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 ask Gabi after he comes home on February 28?

2. What is the major consequence of Beto and Gabi's mother's fight?

3. What kind of a car does Martin drive?

4. Who is Gabi's Uncle that often gets drunk at Christmas?

5. What kind of a store is Mirdyss?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gabi think of the experience of seeing Cindy give birth?

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

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

5. What does Georgina get in trouble for in February?

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

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

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

9. What does Gabi get in the mail the day after Christmas that she is excited about?

10. What ends up happening between Georgina and Gabi after Georgina confides in Gabi about her big secret?

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

One of the phrases Gabi's mother repeatedly says to her as advice on how to handle relationships with boys and men is "eyes open, legs closed" (7). Write an essay analyzing how Gabi feels about this advice, especially in light of the fact that her mother experiences an unplanned pregnancy herself during the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how Gabi's eulogy for her father embodies her complex feelings about him and their relationship.

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