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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 did Tona do in New York to make a living?
(a) Completed tax returns.
(b) Cooked at a restaurant.
(c) Sang.
(d) Drove a cab.

2. Who does Hudes use as an example to refute the myth of "welfare queens"?
(a) Abuela.
(b) Flor.
(c) Nuchi.
(d) Her mother.

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

4. What essay contest does Hudes win in high school?
(a) The Philadelphia Art Museums's essay contest.
(b) The Philadelphia Inquirer's student essay contest.
(c) Rorington's essay contest.
(d) Newsweek's essay contest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hudes tell her mother she is feeling in the end of Chapter 29?

2. What is the main library Hudes uses at Yale?

3. Who in Hudes's debate class is actually from a working-class background?

4. What is a staple of Abuela's cooking?

5. Where did Abuela first settle in the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what secret does Hudes tell Gabi that she has told no one else?

2. In Chapter 30, what does Hudes's mother encourage her to do professionally and why?

3. In Chapter 25, what does Hudes spend the summer after her first year of college doing?

4. Why does Titi Ginny never have her chance to compete as an athelete?

5. In Chapter 26, what does Flor say when she returns to the family?

6. In Chapter 16, what happens to Vivi?

7. Why do Abuela and her husband split up?

8. How are gay people viewed and treated in the barrio?

9. Why does Hudes eventually decide to stop pursuing music as a career?

10. In Chapter 18, what big change happens in Hudes's family?

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