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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 does Celina move in with after her mother dies?

2. How old is Celina when her mother dies?

3. Who is Gallego?

4. What does Sonia find solace in the summer that Papi dies?

5. What does Celina buy for the children in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Celina get to New York?

2. What are Celina and Juli fighting about at the start of the Prologue?

3. How does Mami respond to Papi's death?

4. How does Abuelita feel about Celina?

5. What was Celina's childhood like?

6. In the Preface, why does Sonia say she decided to write a memoir?

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

8. Why does the family move in Chapter 5?

9. How does Sonia find out about her father's death in Chapter 5?

10. How does Juli's death impact Abuelita?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and Contrast Sonia's experiences at Yale and Princeton. How are the two similar and how are they different? What impact do they have on Sonia's life?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Sonia choose the genre of memoir to write this book? How does this genre impact the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the complicated relationship that Sonia has with her father. How did her relationship with Juli positively and negatively impact Sonia's development?

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