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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what does Hudes eventually end up calling Sedo?
(a) Warren.
(b) Pop.
(c) Dad.
(d) Friend.

2. Who was Giullo?
(a) Tia Tona's husband.
(b) Virginia's husband.
(c) Hudes's father.
(d) Abuela's husband.

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

4. In Chapter 6, what do strangers sometimes think is the relationship between Hudes and her mother?
(a) They think they are sisters.
(b) They think they are cousins.
(c) They think they are friends.
(d) They think Hudes's mother is her nanny.

5. Who was Hudes a "miniature bride" for?
(a) Cuca.
(b) Mary Lou.
(c) Nuchi.
(d) Flor.

6. In Chapter 9, what is one of Hudes's favorite books?
(a) Bonderson.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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

8. Who was the one Perez who could pull Hudes onto the dance floor?
(a) Flor.
(b) Nuchi.
(c) Cuca.
(d) JJ.

9. In Chapter 6, where do Hudes and her mother move after her parents break up?
(a) Back to Philadelphia.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Puerto Rico.

10. What does Hudes's mother use the animals for?
(a) Sacrifices.
(b) Selling them as pets.
(c) Company.
(d) Leverage over the neighbors.

11. Who is Sedo?
(a) Hudes's neighbor.
(b) Hudes's brother.
(c) Virginia's partner in Chapter 13.
(d) Hudes's uncle.

12. Who runs the American Friends Service Committee?
(a) The Adventists.
(b) The Puerto Rican diaspora.
(c) The Philadelphia Quakers.
(d) The Jewish Coalition.

13. Who is Mary Lou's daughter?
(a) Cuca.
(b) Flor.
(c) Ashley.
(d) Nuchi.

14. What is one book Hudes reads in her freshman year of high school?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) Animal Farm.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) The Homecoming.

15. What is Sedo's given name?
(a) Pedro.
(b) Sedono.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Franco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who begins to teach Hudes how to play piano?

2. What well-known person visits CHOICE while Virginia works there?

3. What does Hudes's father sometimes do for a living?

4. What animal does Virginia keep in the basement?

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

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