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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 surprises Gabi about Georgina that she only realizes when she decides to help Georgina with her problem?

2. What does Georgina tell Gabi about the decision she has made on March 18?

3. What does Gabi learn about the relationship between Martin and Lindsay?

4. Who goes with Gabi to Tijuana?

5. Why does Gabi say she was not in the room with her mother when her baby brother was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What subject does Gabi struggle with at school and what does she do to try to fix the problem?

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

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

5. What tragic event happens to Gabi in February?

6. Why is Gabi upset about going to the poetry performance in January with Martin?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how going to shows and performing at The Grind Effect, the coffee shop where Gabi first encounters spoken word poetry performance, influences Gabi's self-esteem and sense of her place in a community of writers and artists.

Essay Topic 2

Gabi's trip to Tijuana with her godmother, Sylvia, to buy her prom dress is a disaster from start to finish. Write an essay analyzing what the trip reveals about Gabi's feelings about immigration, border issues, and the stress of buying and wearing dresses.

Essay Topic 3

Poetry and literature are powerful influences on Gabi over the course of the novel. Specifically, she begins to realize that although some writers she likes have radically different racial and cultural backgrounds from her, she connects strongly with their ideas, themes and styles. Choose at least two writers Gabi mentions and write an essay exploring the writers' influences on Gabi's view of the world.

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