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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the only language Hudes chooses in Chapter 22?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) Music.
(d) Sign language.

7. Where does Hudes find a work-study job at Yale?
(a) The recording studio.
(b) The library.
(c) The front desk at her dorm.
(d) The cafeteria.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who DJs at the after-party for Hudes's play?

3. What does Hudes sometimes do as temp work to pay her bills?

4. What were Juan Perez's farm skills based on?

5. What does the record producer tell Hudes about her sound after Hudes records the demo for him?

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