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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 is the first women in a position of real-world authority that Sonia encounters?

2. What year is Sonia diagnosed?

3. Where is Sonia when a six-year-old asks her if living with her disease ever gets easier?

4. Who came to New York in the fall of 1965?

5. How old is Sonia at the start of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mami different after Sonia yells at her in Chapter 7?

2. How does Juli's death impact Abuelita?

3. Why does the family move in Chapter 5?

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

5. How does Abuelita feel about Celina?

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

7. How does Sonia learn that she has diabetes?

8. What happens when Sonia passes out in Chapter 5?

9. How does Gilmar say goodbye in Chapter 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sonia's morality impact her career as a lawyer?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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