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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. Where did Abuela first settle in the U.S.?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The Bronx.

2. Where is Hudes's first play produced?
(a) The Richardson Theater.
(b) Yale.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The Bell Box Theater.

3. What is a staple of Abuela's cooking?
(a) Cilantro.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Rice.
(d) Beef.

4. Who reappears Thanksgiving of Hudes's senior year of college?
(a) Nuchi.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Abuela.
(d) Flor.

5. Whose piano recording blows Hudes away emotionally in Chapter 24?
(a) Richard Hendry's.
(b) Elizabeth Parisot's.
(c) Harrison Clanson's.
(d) Ellen Jameson's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hudes discover about Gabi when Gabi is in first grade?

2. What happens to Hudes when she starts writing her essay about an author's use of the theme of fire?

3. What does Hudes hate to leave behind in going to Yale?

4. What does Hudes copy for Wynton Marsalis at one point?

5. Who does the record producer compare Hudes's sound to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what happens to Vivi?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 21, what does Hudes once do with her mother's language that she now regrets?

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

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

8. In Chapter 27, why does Hudes think of Nuchi so often?

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

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

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