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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 is Hudes's father's ancestry?

2. Who is the Sioux elder who Virginia spends most of her trip in Chapter 12 with?

3. What disease claims the lives of many of Hudes's relatives?

4. In Chapter 2, where does Hudes want to go to visit?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, how does Hudes spend her father's wedding?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when Hudes gets her first period?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For as much as Hudes respects and loves the playwright Paula Vogel, a mentor of hers, why do you think Hudes chooses intentionally to try to keep Vogel at an emotional arms-length? 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 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.

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