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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 a staple of Abuela's cooking?

2. In Chapter 18, who is Hudes's new sister?

3. What were Juan Perez's farm skills based on?

4. In Chapter 28, what do Hudes's Yale friends ask that makes her uncomfortable?

5. What does Virginia often begin doing in Chapter 18 for Hudes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Abuela win over even the cops after moving to America?

6. In Chapter 27, why does Hudes think of Nuchi so often?

7. How are gay people viewed and treated in the barrio?

8. In Chapter 16, what happens to Vivi?

9. In Chapter 17, why does Hudes ask Abuela for cooking lessons?

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

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 2

Why does Virginia Sanchez, Hudes's mother, believe she may have supernatural abilities or gifts of so-called "second sight"? What does Hudes think of these assertions? 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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