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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What essay contest does Hudes win in high school?
(a) Rorington's essay contest.
(b) The Philadelphia Inquirer's student essay contest.
(c) The Philadelphia Art Museums's essay contest.
(d) Newsweek's essay contest.

2. What kind of songs does Hudes play as a solo moonlighter?
(a) Power balads.
(b) Dreamy broody rock songs.
(c) Folk.
(d) Death metal.

3. Who does Hudes use as an example to refute the myth of "welfare queens"?
(a) Abuela.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Flor.
(d) Nuchi.

4. Who plays the babalao in Hudes's play?
(a) Baxter James.
(b) Helen Richardson.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) Felix Torres.

5. What does Virginia often begin doing in Chapter 18 for Hudes?
(a) Filling out forms for her.
(b) Singing to her.
(c) Lying to her.
(d) Leaving her books to read.

6. What secret does Hudes tell Gabi before she tells anyone else in Chapter 23?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She likes a boy.
(d) She is moving out.

7. How does Hudes usually get to visit her father and Sharon?
(a) By train.
(b) By car.
(c) By ferry.
(d) On foot.

8. Where did Abuela first settle in the U.S.?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The Bronx.

9. Why did Abuela move to Philadelphia?
(a) After a terrible robbery in New York.
(b) Her mother was living there.
(c) For a new job.
(d) For a new romantic partner.

10. Who eats a lot, like Hudes, in her family in Chapter 16?
(a) Nuchi.
(b) Tico.
(c) Cuca.
(d) Vivi.

11. What is another word that Hudes's family used to describe HIV/AIDS?
(a) The plague.
(b) The curse.
(c) The bloodsickness.
(d) The find.

12. What do Hudes and her family always call Gabi?
(a) The Sweet Pea.
(b) The Girl.
(c) The Baby.
(d) The Honey.

13. What does Hudes copy for Wynton Marsalis at one point?
(a) Vocal charts.
(b) Demo tapes.
(c) Yard signs.
(d) Diary pages.

14. Who does the record producer compare Hudes's sound to?
(a) Emmylou Harris's.
(b) Taylor Swift's.
(c) Shakira's.
(d) Carole King's.

15. How does Tico die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) From cancer.
(c) As a robbery victim.
(d) From an AIDS infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hosts the after-party for Hudes's play?

2. What does Hudes describe as Boricua potato chips?

3. Where does Hudes find a work-study job at Yale?

4. What is important about a cooking pot, according to Hudes's mother?

5. What drink does Hudes always remember her father giving her during a conversation that enrages her in Chapter 23?

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