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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in charge of disciplining Celina when she is a child?
(a) Aurora.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Mayo.

2. Where is Sonia when a six-year-old asks her if living with her disease ever gets easier?
(a) Christmas dinner at her mother's house.
(b) A conference on juvenile diabetes.
(c) A grammar school graduation.
(d) In line for groceries.

3. What do people often call Sonia in Chapter 2?
(a) Mercedita.
(b) Ja-Ja.
(c) Tita.
(d) Sonny.

4. Who is Ana's husband?
(a) Moncho.
(b) Juli.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Jimmy.

5. What does Sonia meet at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Bisabuela Ciriata.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Juli's brothers.
(d) Celina's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is Sonia diagnosed?

2. What is Celina's job?

3. What does Celina start doing at home in Chapter 8?

4. What game does the family play at Abuelita's parties?

5. Who is Gallego?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Abuelita feel about Celina?

2. Why do Sonia and Abuelita go to the vivero in Chapter 2?

3. What was Celina's childhood like?

4. How does Celina deal with Juli's drinking in Chapter 1?

5. What are the Saturday parties at Abuelita's like?

6. Despite Celina's sadness why does Father Dolan refuse to visit her?

7. How does Sonia act at her father's funeral?

8. How did Celina get to New York?

9. How did the Women's Army Corps change Celina's personality?

10. How does Sonia learn that she has diabetes?

(see the answer keys)

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