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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mary Lou die?
(a) Aneurysm.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Car accident.

2. How does Virginia think Big Vic might have contracted HIV?
(a) From needles.
(b) From a blood transfusion.
(c) From caregiving for his father, who also had HIV.
(d) From having unprotected sex.

3. Why does Virginia say the family is moving in Chapter 1?
(a) She wants to be in nature again.
(b) She is getting divorced.
(c) She is sick.
(d) They do not have enough money to live in the city.

4. In Chapter 12, what happens to Virginia during a spiritual session?
(a) She speaks in a man's voice and appears possessed by another spirit.
(b) She has a heart attack.
(c) She coughs blood.
(d) She paints like a professional painter.

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

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

7. Who is the Sioux elder who Virginia spends most of her trip in Chapter 12 with?
(a) Vannie.
(b) Runs With Horses.
(c) Hildegard.
(d) Middie.

8. Who is the host of all parties in Hudes's family?
(a) Nuchi.
(b) Flor.
(c) Cuca.
(d) Abuela.

9. Who does Virginia meet through the horse farm that brings her into activism?
(a) Jennifer Jones.
(b) Lilian Chance.
(c) Hester Ivory.
(d) Helen Mirstrom.

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

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

12. Why is Hudes embarrassed in front of Simon?
(a) She can not really speak English well.
(b) Her mother yells at her in front of him.
(c) She is naked because of the bee stings.
(d) She can not really speak Italian well.

13. Who is Hudes's father's new wife?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Janet.
(d) Ellen.

14. What does Virginia say the turtle's name is?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Ben.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Turtle.

15. In Chapter 5, who is Hudes's English cousin who comes to visit?
(a) Simon.
(b) John.
(c) David.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharon tell Hudes on the day of her wedding to her father?

2. In Chapter 9, what is one of Hudes's favorite books?

3. What animal stays in the tub for weeks in Chapter 12?

4. Where does Hudes travel with Virginia in Chapter 12 for the first time?

5. What animal does Hudes cry over when it dies?

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