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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 word does Hudes use to describe someone who is Puerto Rican?

2. What is Hudes's father's ancestry?

3. What is Hudes's father's attitude towards religion?

4. What animal does Hudes's mother keep in the backyard?

5. Where does Hudes go with her cousins in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what happens when Simon comes to visit?

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

3. What are Hudes's memories of Mary Lou?

4. What does Hudes's mother Virginia tell her happened to her own father's family?

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

6. In Chapter 13, how do Sedo's children treat Virginia?

7. In Chapter 3, what does Hudes's father say when she asks him if God is real?

8. In Chapter 12, what work does Hudes's mother do professionally?

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

10. What happens to Mary Lou in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hudes's family react to her first plays, and why is their reaction so important to Hudes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hudes describe her neighborhood in West Philadelphia? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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