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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 30 - 35, Pages 263 - 316).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, who is Hudes's English teacher?
(a) Dr. Hendry.
(b) Dr. Barone.
(c) Dr. Phillips.
(d) Dr. Glass.

3. What word does Hudes use to describe someone who is Puerto Rican?
(a) Puerto.
(b) Mundrian.
(c) Boricua.
(d) Taniain.

4. How does Hudes discover Nuchi cannot read?
(a) When the two are dying Nuchi's hair together.
(b) When Nuchi needs help with medicine.
(c) When Nuchi's daughter tells her.
(d) After Nuchi dies.

5. Why does Hudes's mother leave her father?
(a) Her father has left her mother.
(b) Her father has cheated on her.
(c) Her father has moved out of the country.
(d) Her father is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the first fiction writers Hudes reads in her senior year English class?

2. What animal does Hudes's mother keep in the backyard?

3. Who is one playwright Hudes claims as being an influence on her?

4. Why did Abuela move to Philadelphia?

5. Where does Hudes find a work-study job at Yale?

(see the answer key)

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