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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. Who is Flor's child that she hurts physically in Chapter 9?

2. Whose death does Virginia predict as a young child?

3. Who is Mary Lou's daughter?

4. What do Sedo's children call Virginia on the phone?

5. Where do Hudes and her mother sometimes go alone and park the car to talk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hudes's mother do to try to help her her teenage depression?

3. What happens when Hudes gets her first period?

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

5. In Chapter 6, what does Hudes's father ask her that she knows he is not really serious about?

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

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

8. In Chapter 1, how does Hudes feel when leaving West Philly as a very young girl?

9. Why do Hudes's parents split up?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hudes describe her trance-like experiences while writing? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hudes react when some older writers express surprise and even skepticism that she is writing with such frankness about her Puerto Rican family and their traditions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Virginia Sanchez's activism affect Hudes's own life path and perceptions of feminism? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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