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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 artist does Hudes particularly want to see works of in Puerto Rico?
(a) Hubi.
(b) Voltaire.
(c) Duchamps.
(d) Van Gogh.

2. What does Hudes's father sometimes do for a living?
(a) Writing.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Music.
(d) Practice law.

3. How does the animal in the tub torture Hudes?
(a) By wailing constantly.
(b) By burping.
(c) By keeping her awake at night with its scratching.
(d) By eating loudly.

4. Who was the one Perez who could pull Hudes onto the dance floor?
(a) Cuca.
(b) Flor.
(c) JJ.
(d) Nuchi.

5. What is the name of Hudes's maternal grandfather?
(a) Francito.
(b) Juan Perez.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Sedo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what happens to Virginia during a spiritual session?

2. Where do Hudes and her mother sometimes go alone and park the car to talk?

3. What cigarettes does Hudes's father mostly smoke?

4. What is forced upon Abuela in Arecibo?

5. Who is Abeula's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Hudes's father ask her that she knows he is not really serious about?

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

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

4. In Chapter 13, how do Sedo's children treat Virginia?

5. In Chapter 2, what kind of garden does Hudes's mother plant?

6. Why do Hudes's parents split up?

7. How do strangers often react when they see Hudes and her mother together?

8. In Chapter 14, what does Hudes learn in Puerto Rico?

9. What does Hudes's father sometimes do for a living?

10. In Chapter 12, what does Hudes see her mother doing that unsettles her involving animals?

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