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

2. Why does Hudes's mother leave her father?

3. What is one book Hudes reads in her freshman year of high school?

4. Where does Hudes travel with Virginia in Chapter 12 for the first time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Mary Lou in Chapter 10?

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

6. In Chapter 12, what does Hudes witness her mother doing with Padrino Julio?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Hudes sometimes feel awkward in her youth and adolescence around her Puerto Rican family and cousins? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the Sanchez family's experiences with drug addiction like? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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