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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who begins to teach Hudes how to play piano?
(a) Nuchi.
(b) Aunt Henri.
(c) Aunt Linda.
(d) Cuca.

2. In Chapter 9, which "birthday girl" goes missing?
(a) Nuchi.
(b) Flor.
(c) Ginny.
(d) Cuca.

3. How does Hudes visit her father and Sharon?
(a) By ferry.
(b) By train.
(c) She does not visit them.
(d) By car.

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

5. What cigarettes does Hudes's father mostly smoke?
(a) Menthols.
(b) Raybans.
(c) Virginia Slims.
(d) Camels.

6. What does Sharon tell Hudes on the day of her wedding to her father?
(a) Sharon does not even know Hudes's first name.
(b) She is like Sharon's own child.
(c) Sharon says nothing to Hudes.
(d) It is Sharon's day and she will let Hudes know if she is needed.

7. In Chapter 1, where does Hudes's family move?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Malvern.
(d) Chicago.

8. What is Hudes's mother's maiden name?
(a) Popil.
(b) Perez.
(c) Friscan.
(d) Piper.

9. Who is Danito's brother?
(a) JJ.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Jack.
(d) Henry.

10. Where does Hudes travel with Virginia in Chapter 12 for the first time?
(a) California.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Arizona.
(d) South Dakota.

11. How does Hudes look different from her mother?
(a) She is light-skinned and her mother is darker-skinned.
(b) She has blue eyes and her mother's are brown.
(c) She has blonde hair and her mother's is black.
(d) She is short and her mother is tall.

12. In Chapter 2, where does Hudes want to go to visit?
(a) Jennifer's.
(b) Ryan's.
(c) Abeula's.
(d) Titi Ginny's.

13. What does Sedo buy for Hudes?
(a) A piano.
(b) A house.
(c) A car.
(d) A drum.

14. Whose death does Virginia predict as a young child?
(a) Her brother's.
(b) Her sister's.
(c) Don Genaro's.
(d) Her mother's.

15. What issues does Virginia mobilize around in her activism?
(a) Voting rights.
(b) Union rights.
(c) Women's health.
(d) Conservative causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one book Hudes reads in her freshman year of high school?

2. Why does Virginia say the family is moving in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. How does Virginia think Big Vic might have contracted HIV?

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