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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hudes tell her mother she is feeling in the end of Chapter 29?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Bored.
(c) Euphoric.
(d) Angry.

2. Who in Hudes's debate class is actually from a working-class background?
(a) Henry.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Pete.
(d) Richard.

3. In Chapter 25, who does Hudes begin taking piano lessons with?
(a) Guy Stephenson.
(b) Henderson Ritchie.
(c) Elio Villafranca.
(d) Gil Heron-Scott.

4. 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.

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

6. Who is Hudes's debate teacher in high school?
(a) Mr. O'Connor.
(b) Mr. Lafferty.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Dr. Hendry.

7. What were Juan Perez's farm skills based on?
(a) Helgery.
(b) Taino tradition.
(c) His mother's instructions.
(d) Western values.

8. What is the first play that Hudes writes?
(a) Baillando.
(b) Sweat of the River, Sweat of the Ocean.
(c) Fortress.
(d) Winter Town.

9. What did Tona do in New York to make a living?
(a) Cooked at a restaurant.
(b) Sang.
(c) Drove a cab.
(d) Completed tax returns.

10. Who is one of Abeula's sisters in Aracibo?
(a) Ramona.
(b) Nuchi.
(c) Vivi.
(d) Noni.

11. What does Sharon once tell Hudes she does not want to hear about at all?
(a) Hudes's accomplisments.
(b) Hudes's work.
(c) Hudes's mother or Gabi.
(d) Hudes's preferences for food.

12. What is Hudes's mother disturbed that an actor on stage in her play is doing?
(a) Getting naked.
(b) Singing a sacred song.
(c) Killing a snake.
(d) The coconut divination.

13. Who reappears Thanksgiving of Hudes's senior year of college?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Abuela.
(c) Flor.
(d) Nuchi.

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

15. What does Abuela always want to be wearing when Hudes comes to visit?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Her bra.
(d) Her false teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrives in Washington DC in October 1992?

2. What does Hudes send in to Yale with her application?

3. What do Hudes and her family always call Gabi?

4. What does Hudes hate to leave behind in going to Yale?

5. Which relative had once been a promising athlete?

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