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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. On what street do Emoni, her daughter, and her granddaughter live?

2. What neighborhood does Emoni live in?

3. What is the name of 'Buela's doctor?

4. In "Impossibilities," what spice do the students work with?

5. What does Emoni ask Angelica to grab her at lunch if she gets there first?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ms. Fuentes help Emoni stay in school when Emoni got pregnant?

2. Where does Angelica wait for Emoni and what is she wearing at the beginning of Sister Friends?

3. What job does Emoni have, and what are her hours?

4. What does 'Buela say about when Emoni started cooking?

5. What does Emoni say about her father?

6. How does Emoni do in school?

7. What is Emoni's favorite class of the day and what is it like?

8. What did Emoni always imagine she would be someday?

9. Why does Emoni think it will be easy for Angelica to get into a graphic design program in college?

10. What does Emoni think about the new student in her Advisory class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Palmer believes Emoni is irresponsible. Why does Mrs. Palmer believe that Emoni is irresponsible? What standards does she hold Emoni to? Does she hold her son to the same standards? What is communicated about double standards?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created in With the Fire on High?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in With the Fire On High? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters?

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