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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 important about a cooking pot, according to Hudes's mother?
2. In Chapter 23, what does Gabi admire about herself when she is 4 years old?
3. How many people are allowed in Yale seminars?
4. In Chapter 21, what does Hudes eventually regret correcting her mother about?
5. Who is one of Abeula's sisters in Aracibo?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 19, what do some of Hudes's classmates think of the book The Bell Curve?
2. In Chapter 24, what does Hudes think of her first music classes at Yale?
3. In Chapter 26, what does Flor say when she returns to the family?
4. In Chapter 23, what secret does Hudes tell Gabi that she has told no one else?
5. In Chapter 18, what happens during an English class essay Hudes writes?
6. In Chapter 16, what happens to Hudes's high school AIDS quilt after her class leaves?
7. In Chapter 18, what big change happens in Hudes's family?
8. Why does Hudes eventually decide to stop pursuing music as a career?
9. How are gay people viewed and treated in the barrio?
10. In Chapter 25, what does Hudes spend the summer after her first year of college doing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the differences between Malvern and West Philadelphia, as Hudes explains them? 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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