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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hudes's mother tell her she always though Hudes would do for a living?
(a) Be a musician.
(b) Be a chef.
(c) Be a lawyer.
(d) Be a writer.

4. Who eats a lot, like Hudes, in her family in Chapter 16?
(a) Nuchi.
(b) Tico.
(c) Vivi.
(d) Cuca.

5. In Chapter 18, who is Hudes's new sister?
(a) Gabi.
(b) Henri.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Riki.

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

7. Whose piano recording blows Hudes away emotionally in Chapter 24?
(a) Richard Hendry's.
(b) Ellen Jameson's.
(c) Elizabeth Parisot's.
(d) Harrison Clanson's.

8. What kind of coffee does Hudes often drink with Abuela?
(a) Folger's.
(b) Sanka.
(c) Giardelli.
(d) Bustelo.

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

10. What group does Hudes become president of in high school?
(a) MADD.
(b) WREN.
(c) PEACH.
(d) FRIEND.

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

12. What does Hudes send in to Yale with her application?
(a) Three piano preludes she wrote.
(b) A tape of her singing.
(c) A piece of jewelry she made.
(d) Her first movie script.

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

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

15. What does Sharon serve for dessert in Chapter 22?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Microwaved Pepperidge Farm cake.
(c) Rice.
(d) Pudding.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Obdulia Perez first bring her daughters to the Bronx?

2. In Chapter 21, what does Hudes eventually regret correcting her mother about?

3. Who does Hudes use as an example to refute the myth of "welfare queens"?

4. What essay contest does Hudes win in high school?

5. Who is Hudes's debate teacher in high school?

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