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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Virginia's mother's first name?
(a) Frani.
(b) Obdulia.
(c) Orisha.
(d) Hiti.

2. How does Hudes visit her father and Sharon?
(a) By car.
(b) She does not visit them.
(c) By ferry.
(d) By train.

3. What happens to Hudes for the first time in Chapter 8?
(a) She gets her period.
(b) She has sex.
(c) She reads a book in Spanish.
(d) She meets her father's new baby.

4. In Chapter 15, which composer does Hudes try to master?
(a) Previn.
(b) Tchaikovsky.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Wagner.

5. At which church is Mary Lou's funeral held?
(a) St. Ambrose.
(b) St. Ivory's.
(c) St. Rose's.
(d) St. Helen's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal does Hudes try to free?

2. What is Hudes's father's ancestry?

3. Who was the one Perez who could pull Hudes onto the dance floor?

4. What animal does Hudes's mother keep in the backyard?

5. In the end of Chapter 13, what does Hudes think of as yet another new language?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Hudes witness her mother doing with Padrino Julio?

2. What happens to Mary Lou in Chapter 10?

3. Why do Hudes's parents split up?

4. How do the children treat Hudes in kindergarten in Malvern?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Sharon tell Hudes on the day of the wedding?

6. What does Hudes's mother do to try to help her her teenage depression?

7. What family activity does Hudes sometimes feel awkward participating in?

8. In Chapter 6, how does Hudes spend her father's wedding?

9. In Chapter 5, what happens when Simon comes to visit?

10. What are Hudes's memories of Mary Lou?

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