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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who had some reproductive problems and an ectopic pregnancy?
(a) Vivi.
(b) Abuela.
(c) Ginny.
(d) Nuchi.

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

4. What arrives in Washington DC in October 1992?
(a) The Duchamps Installation.
(b) The AIDS Quilt.
(c) The first Latino president.
(d) A space ship.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. When did Puerto Rico become a U.S. territory?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1950.

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

13. What is important about a cooking pot, according to Hudes's mother?
(a) How you cure it.
(b) How you place it on the heat.
(c) How you clean it.
(d) How you bless it.

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

15. In Chapter 23, what does Gabi admire about herself when she is 4 years old?
(a) Her earrings.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her round belly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 25, who does Hudes begin taking piano lessons with?

2. Who reappears Thanksgiving of Hudes's senior year of college?

3. What is Hudes's mother disturbed that an actor on stage in her play is doing?

4. How many people are allowed in Yale seminars?

5. Who eats a lot, like Hudes, in her family in Chapter 16?

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