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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. With which of the following does Chapter Five begin?

2. As which of the following is Sierra addressed by her catcaller?

3. Which of the following catcalls Sierra?

4. On which of the following avenues is Vernon reported to have lived?

5. Which of the following is the name of Sierra’s neighbor’s cat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What outfit is Sierra wearing when she leaves to attend the first party of the summer?

2. At what does Sierra look as the novel begins, and what does she note about it?

3. How does the novel initially report the effects of Lázaro’s stroke upon him?

4. What does Sierra note as evidence of her grandmother’s love for her childhood self?

5. How does Robbie describe making “soft eyes” (85)?

6. What does Sierra note as evidence of Lázaro’s sweetness to her childhood self?

7. What outfit is Bennie wearing when she leaves to attend the first party of the summer?

8. What comment from Lázaro does Sierra read in Wick’s notes when she first peruses them near the beginning of Chapter Nine?

9. What is Sierra’s stated “policy on cute boys, and really, boys in general” (21)?

10. How does Sierra characterize her skin to herself (75)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the incidences of catcalling Sierra experiences and their effects on the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

What attitude towards formal academic study does the novel present, and how does it show it?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter Nineteen, as she admits Robbie to her room, Sierra “slapped him as hard as she could” in a rebuke for his failures with her (109). How does the novel justify the action? Is the novel correct to do so? How or how not?

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