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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. Who does Virginia meet through the horse farm that brings her into activism?
(a) Hester Ivory.
(b) Jennifer Jones.
(c) Lilian Chance.
(d) Helen Mirstrom.

2. Who is Flor's child that she hurts physically in Chapter 9?
(a) Richi.
(b) Franco.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Danito.

3. What do Sedo's children call Virginia on the phone?
(a) Mom.
(b) Ho.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Bitch.

4. Who runs the American Friends Service Committee?
(a) The Jewish Coalition.
(b) The Adventists.
(c) The Puerto Rican diaspora.
(d) The Philadelphia Quakers.

5. What issues does Virginia mobilize around in her activism?
(a) Voting rights.
(b) Union rights.
(c) Women's health.
(d) Conservative causes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Hudes a "miniature bride" for?

3. What does Virginia Sanchez do for a living before Hudes is born?

4. In Chapter 5, what do Hudes and Simon count together?

5. Where does Hudes travel with Virginia in Chapter 12 for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, why is Flor absent from the celebration?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do Hudes's parents split up?

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

8. What happens when Hudes gets her first period?

9. In Chapter 10, what disease affects many of Hudes's family members that her family does not want to discuss?

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

(see the answer keys)

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