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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sedo's given name?

2. How does Mary Lou die?

3. Who begins to teach Hudes how to play piano?

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

5. What do Hudes's cousins call her as a nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Sharon tell Hudes on the day of the wedding?

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

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

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

5. How does Hudes eventually come to feel about Sedo?

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

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

8. What happens to Mary Lou in Chapter 10?

9. What family activity does Hudes sometimes feel awkward participating in?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it so important for Hudes to know what her father thinks about religion when she is a child, and why does his answer open a rift between them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hudes's skin tone and color affect her relationships with both her mother's and father's families as she moves through childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Hudes decide to pursue a career in writing rather than music? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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