Part 1, Chapters 1-22

Reading Check

1. Babygirl (Chapter 1, “Day One”)

2. Angelica (Chapter 3, “Sister Friends”)

3. Burger Joint (Chapter 5, “The Authors”)

4. Chef Ayden (Chapter 10, “The New Guy”)

5. Spain (Chapter 7, “Immersed”)

Short Answer

1. Emoni feels frustrated that they are learning knife work instead of cooking. (Chapter 18, “An Art Form”)

2. Emoni rejects his attempts to talk to keep a distance between them. (Chapter 19, “Malachi”)

3. Angelica is fiercely loyal and supportive of Emoni, especially through her pregnancy and motherhood. Angelica is extremely artistic and hopes to attend an arts school after graduation. (Various chapters)

4. Emoni and Julio have a strained relationship because he left not long after Emoni’s mother died. Julio has a social and political awareness that he tries to instill in Emoni, yet this sense of civil responsibility conflicts with his abandonment of his fatherly duties. (Chapter 17, “College Essay: First Draft” and various chapters)

Part 1, Chapters 23-41

Reading Check

1. Santi (Chapter 25, “Exhaustion”)

2. Get ice cream (Chapter 32, “Santi”)

3. Her many doctor appointments (

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