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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 does Hudes describe as Boricua potato chips?

2. What kind of coffee does Hudes often drink with Abuela?

3. What does Abuela always want to be wearing when Hudes comes to visit?

4. What is Hudes's mother disturbed that an actor on stage in her play is doing?

5. What book does Vivi tell Hudes she needs to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what happens during an English class essay Hudes writes?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Abuela move her family from New York to Philadelphia?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Virginia Sanchez's activism affect Hudes's own life path and perceptions of feminism? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hudes feel about her stepmother Sharon when she and Hudes's father marry, and how do her feelings towards Sharon change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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