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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 happens to Hudes for the first time in Chapter 8?

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

3. What animal does Hudes cry over when it dies?

4. How does Mary Lou die?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 13, what does Sedo buy for Hudes and how does it affect her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hudes both honor, and sometimes criticize, her mother Virginia Sanchez throughout this memoir? 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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