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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 was Belicia's mother's occupation?

2. How old was the gangster when his parents turned him out of the house?

3. How old is Lola when she cuts her hair?

4. What was Belicia's father's occupation?

5. How long do Jack and Beli sneak around at school until they are caught?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oscar do when he spends the summer at his abuela Nena Inca's house?

2. What does Lola do after she cuts her hair and her mother tells her to wear a wig?

3. How does the Gangster court Beli?

4. Why does Oscar consider it odd that Miggs can get a girlfriend?

5. After Oscar spends a week looking at himself in the mirror in Part 1, Chapter One, what changes does he make?

6. Where do two large men take Beli when they grab her in the park the first time in Part I, Chapter Three?

7. How does La Inca decide to send Beli to New York?

8. Why doesn't La Inca ever beat Belia?

9. In Part I, Chapter Two, what does Lola say about her mother's parenting skills?

10. What was the Gangster's early life like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beli is beaten and left dead. Was Beli's beating a sign of a curse or a sign of fortune?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, Beli and her aunt increasingly have conflicts with one another. Why does the relationship between Beli and her aunt deteriorate so badly?

Essay Topic 3

Lola couldn't wait to get out from under her mother's thumb. Describe the relationship between Lola and her mother and why there relationship was so volatile.

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