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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Virginia Sanchez do for a living before Hudes is born?
(a) Singing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Law.

2. What is forced upon Abuela in Arecibo?
(a) Wage garnishment.
(b) Police brutality.
(c) Sterilization.
(d) Forced labor.

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

4. At which church is Mary Lou's funeral held?
(a) St. Rose's.
(b) St. Ambrose.
(c) St. Ivory's.
(d) St. Helen's.

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

6. What is surprising to Hudes about the turtle?
(a) It is cute.
(b) It dies of natural causes quickly.
(c) It is very big.
(d) It is actually pretty fast-moving.

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

8. What do Hudes's cousins call her as a nickname?
(a) Bari.
(b) Aria.
(c) Qui Qui.
(d) Bara.

9. What does Hudes think not crying at funerals means for her?
(a) Her mother will notice and be angry.
(b) She did not love her family members enough.
(c) She might be a spirit.
(d) She is very tough.

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

11. What is Linda Loman's warning that Hudes thinks of in relation to her family members' deaths?
(a) Find me wherever you can.
(b) No one knows when the darkness is coming.
(c) Attention must be paid.
(d) Your health is your wealth.

12. What do Sedo's children call Virginia on the phone?
(a) Ho.
(b) Sweetheart.
(c) Mom.
(d) Bitch.

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

14. What is Virginia's mother's first name?
(a) Hiti.
(b) Frani.
(c) Obdulia.
(d) Orisha.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, what happens to Virginia during a spiritual session?

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

4. Where do Hudes and her mother sometimes go alone and park the car to talk?

5. In Chapter 9, which "birthday girl" goes missing?

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