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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Cokie?
(a) She marries Luis.
(b) She goes missing.
(c) She is brutally murdered.
(d) She becomes pregnant.

2. Who is Roberta?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A girl Luis meets and falls in love with.
(c) A girlfriend of a rival gang member.
(d) A cousin.

3. What type of job does Luis's father get in the flashback in the beginning of the book that prompts him to buy a better home and other things?
(a) A factory worker.
(b) A union job.
(c) A substitute teaching position.
(d) A principal position.

4. What did Luis's mother buy him in the memory at the beginning of the book?
(a) A lollipop.
(b) A candy bar.
(c) A comic book.
(d) A toothbrush.

5. What happens at the concession stand when Luis is there on a gang mission?
(a) Luis begins to cry.
(b) Shed kills a man.
(c) A man can't open the safe.
(d) Rano kills a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the leader of The Animal tribe was killed, who was pregnant?

2. What city is Watts in?

3. Who puts old sofas in the vacant lot?

4. How is Jandro Mares described in the book?

5. Where did Luis's father meet his mother?

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