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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Chapters 1 - 8, pages 1 - 62).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Hudes's maternal grandfather?
(a) Juan Perez.
(b) Francito.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Sedo.

2. When does Virginia have her strange dreams and visions as a child?
(a) In winter.
(b) Only when the magnolia is blooming.
(c) On the solstice.
(d) On the blood moon.

3. What kind of cousin does Hudes identify herself as, due to age differences?
(a) The lost cousin.
(b) The oldest cousin.
(c) The "hump" cousin.
(d) The youngest cousin.

4. What does Hudes tell her kindergarten classmates her background is?
(a) She does not know.
(b) All Jewish.
(c) Half-Spanish, Half-English.
(d) All Puerto Rican.

5. What happens to Hudes for the first time in Chapter 8?
(a) She reads a book in Spanish.
(b) She has sex.
(c) She gets her period.
(d) She meets her father's new baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Virginia meet through the horse farm that brings her into activism?

2. What is Hudes's father's attitude towards religion?

3. What does Hudes sense her mother would like for her to experience as a child?

4. In Chapter 5, who is Hudes's English cousin who comes to visit?

5. What does Virginia Sanchez do for a living before Hudes is born?

(see the answer key)

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