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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. In Chapter 21, what does Hudes eventually regret correcting her mother about?

2. When did Obdulia Perez first bring her daughters to the Bronx?

3. What does Hudes discover about Gabi when Gabi is in first grade?

4. How does Vivi speak differently in Chapter 16 to what Hudes remembers?

5. What drink does Hudes always remember her father giving her during a conversation that enrages her in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what do some of Hudes's classmates think of the book The Bell Curve?

2. In Chapter 23, what secret does Hudes tell Gabi that she has told no one else?

3. In Chapter 23, what does Gabi think about her own chubby body?

4. In Chapter 19, why does Hudes get so upset in debate class?

5. In Chapter 16, what happens to Hudes's high school AIDS quilt after her class leaves?

6. In Chapter 16, what happens to Vivi?

7. Why does Hudes eventually decide to stop pursuing music as a career?

8. In Chapter 25, what does Hudes do for the first time that her family comes to support?

9. In Chapter 26, what does Flor say when she returns to the family?

10. In Chapter 21, what does Hudes once do with her mother's language that she now regrets?

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

How does Hudes describe her trance-like experiences while writing? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Hudes react when some older writers express surprise and even skepticism that she is writing with such frankness about her Puerto Rican family and their traditions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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