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

2. What does the record producer tell Hudes about her sound after Hudes records the demo for him?
(a) She is almost good enough, but not quite good enough, to really be successful.
(b) He never gets back to her.
(c) She is going to be a star.
(d) She is not good enough - by a long shot - to be a successful professional musician.

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

4. Who in Hudes's debate class is actually from a working-class background?
(a) Richard.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Pete.
(d) Henry.

5. What does Hudes hate to leave behind in going to Yale?
(a) Her best friend Jen.
(b) Her garden.
(c) Gabi, her boyfriend, and her family.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the first fiction writers Hudes reads in her senior year English class?

2. How does Tico die?

3. What drink does Hudes always remember her father giving her during a conversation that enrages her in Chapter 23?

4. What producer does Hudes record a demo for?

5. What were Juan Perez's farm skills based on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 19, why does Hudes get so upset in debate class?

3. In Chapter 16, what happens to Vivi?

4. In Chapter 24, what does Hudes think of her first music classes at Yale?

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

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

7. In Chapter 19, what do some of Hudes's classmates think of the book The Bell Curve?

8. How does Abuela win over even the cops after moving to America?

9. In Chapter 16, what happens to Hudes's high school AIDS quilt after her class leaves?

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

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