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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what calamity happens to Hudes?
(a) She is stung by many bees.
(b) She gets the flu.
(c) She is diagnosed with cancer.
(d) She almost drowns.

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Abeula's sister?
(a) Tia Holi.
(b) Tia Moncha.
(c) Tia Flor.
(d) Tia Nuchi.

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

8. What disease claims the lives of many of Hudes's relatives?
(a) HIV/AIDS.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Huntington's.

9. What is Hudes's father's ancestry?
(a) Russian.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Puerto Rican.
(d) African.

10. Which animal does Hudes try to free?
(a) The deer.
(b) The chicken.
(c) The turtle.
(d) The goat.

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

12. In Chapter 15, which composer does Hudes try to master?
(a) Previn.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Chopin.

13. What happens to Hudes for the first time in Chapter 8?
(a) She meets her father's new baby.
(b) She gets her period.
(c) She reads a book in Spanish.
(d) She has sex.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Flor's child that she hurts physically in Chapter 9?

4. What is Hudes's mother's maiden name?

5. Who was the one Perez who could pull Hudes onto the dance floor?

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