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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 the record producer tell Hudes about her sound after Hudes records the demo for him?

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

3. What group does Hudes become president of in high school?

4. Why did Abuela move to Philadelphia?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 29, what does Hudes pursue after college?

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

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

8. In Chapter 16, what happens to Vivi?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the Sanchez family's experiences with drug addiction like? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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