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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 does Hudes tell her kindergarten classmates her background is?

2. Where is Hudes born?

3. Who helps Hudes with a milestone in Chapter 8?

4. Which animal does Hudes try to free?

5. What issues does Virginia mobilize around in her activism?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Virginia, Hudes's mother, have strange nightmares as a child?

3. What happens when Hudes gets her first period?

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

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

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

7. How do the children treat Hudes in kindergarten in Malvern?

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

9. What happens to Mary Lou in Chapter 10?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Virginia Sanchez, Hudes's mother, believe she may have supernatural abilities or gifts of so-called "second sight"? What does Hudes think of these assertions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is Hudes's first trip to Puerto Rico like, and what does she learn there? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is Hudes's perception of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its impact on her family? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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