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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 gives a eulogy for Gabi's father?

2. What does Ian do when Gabi comes to house early?

3. How did Gabi feel after she did the thing that Martin proposed with him to help with her stress and depression?

4. Why is Tia Bertha upset on Gabi's birthday?

5. What does Gabi's father wear in his coffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to the hospital and stays in the room with Gabi's mother while Gabi's mother has the baby?

2. What does Gabi realize is going on between Martin and Lindsay when they go to the poetry performance together in January at The Grind Effect?

3. What does Martin get Gabi for her birthday that she loves?

4. What tragic event happens to Gabi in February?

5. How does Gabi feel about her poetry study-date with Martin in December?

6. What plans does Gabi have to cancel in order to work on poetry with Martin in December?

7. What does Ian do that surprises Gabi when she gets to his house early for their group work?

8. What happens to Gabi's dad right after Christmas?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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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