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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 essay contest does Hudes win in high school?

2. What kind of songs does Hudes play as a solo moonlighter?

3. Who is Hudes's debate teacher in high school?

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

5. What is the main library Hudes uses at Yale?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Abuela and her husband split up?

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

3. Why does Titi Ginny never have her chance to compete as an athelete?

4. In Chapter 25, what does Hudes spend the summer after her first year of college doing?

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

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

7. In Chapter 30, what does Hudes's mother encourage her to do professionally and why?

8. In Chapter 23, how does Hudes feel about going to Yale?

9. In Chapter 24, what does Hudes think of her first music classes at Yale?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why does Hudes's conversation with Sharon and her father about welfare and taxes leave such a bad and lasting impression on her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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