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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the main library Hudes uses at Yale?
(a) Gingerson.
(b) Rivley.
(c) Sterling.
(d) Heights.

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

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

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

6. What does Hudes hate to leave behind in going to Yale?
(a) Her garden.
(b) Her father.
(c) Gabi, her boyfriend, and her family.
(d) Her best friend Jen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who in Hudes's high school debate class only pretends to be from a working-class background?
(a) Richard.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Robin.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Vivi tell Hudes she needs to read?

2. In Chapter 28, what do Hudes's Yale friends ask that makes her uncomfortable?

3. What kind of lessons does Hudes ask Abuela for?

4. How does Hudes usually get to visit her father and Sharon?

5. In Chapter 23, what does Gabi admire about herself when she is 4 years old?

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