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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Hudes use to describe someone who is Puerto Rican?
(a) Puerto.
(b) Boricua.
(c) Taniain.
(d) Mundrian.

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

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

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

5. Where is Hudes born?
(a) West Philadelphia.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Puerto Rico.

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

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

8. Who is Flor's child that she hurts physically in Chapter 9?
(a) Franco.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Danito.
(d) Richi.

9. Where do Hudes and her mother sometimes go alone and park the car to talk?
(a) The forest.
(b) The church.
(c) The lake.
(d) The art musuem.

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

11. What well-known person visits CHOICE while Virginia works there?
(a) Gloria Steinem.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Rosie Perez.

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

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

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

15. What artist does Hudes particularly want to see works of in Puerto Rico?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Duchamps.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Hubi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hudes's mother leave her father?

2. How long does Virginia work at CHOICE?

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

4. What does Virginia say the turtle's name is?

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

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