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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hudes decide to go to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) University of Pennsylvania.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

2. What is Abuela suspicious of regarding Hudes in Chapter 17?
(a) Her intentions with asking for music lessons.
(b) Her schooling.
(c) Her grasp of Spanish.
(d) Her health.

3. How many people are allowed in Yale seminars?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 12.

4. Who DJs at the after-party for Hudes's play?
(a) Nuchi.
(b) Hudes.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Flor.

5. What happens to Vivi in Chapter 16?
(a) She dies.
(b) She is shot in a case of mistaken identity.
(c) She is in a bad car accident.
(d) She is diagnosed with cancer.

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

7. How does Hudes discover Nuchi cannot read?
(a) After Nuchi dies.
(b) When Nuchi needs help with medicine.
(c) When the two are dying Nuchi's hair together.
(d) When Nuchi's daughter tells her.

8. What is a staple of Abuela's cooking?
(a) Beef.
(b) Cilantro.
(c) Rice.
(d) Lamb.

9. What drink does Hudes always remember her father giving her during a conversation that enrages her in Chapter 23?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Wine.
(d) Coke with ice in it.

10. What does the record producer tell Hudes about her sound after Hudes records the demo for him?
(a) She is almost good enough, but not quite good enough, to really be successful.
(b) He never gets back to her.
(c) She is going to be a star.
(d) She is not good enough - by a long shot - to be a successful professional musician.

11. Who is one of the first fiction writers Hudes reads in her senior year English class?
(a) Mitchell Williams.
(b) James Joyce
(c) Ellen Barkin.
(d) Flannery O'Connor.

12. Who hosts the after-party for Hudes's play?
(a) Jacey's lounge.
(b) The Bends.
(c) Hendersonville.
(d) Trumbull College.

13. What does Hudes discover about Gabi when Gabi is in first grade?
(a) She is very angry.
(b) She struggles with reading.
(c) She might have diabetes.
(d) She has a speech impediment.

14. What happens to Hudes when she starts writing her essay about an author's use of the theme of fire?
(a) She gets angry.
(b) She faints.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) She goes into a trance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharon once tell Hudes she does not want to hear about at all?

2. Who in Hudes's debate class is actually from a working-class background?

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

4. Where did Abuela first settle in the U.S.?

5. What producer does Hudes record a demo for?

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