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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eddie receives a call from a girl who works where in Chapter 3?
(a) A car dealership.
(b) A bank.
(c) A used bookstore.
(d) The City College cafeteria.

2. What inexpensive food does Eddie typically live off of in the novel?
(a) Dog food.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Top Ramen.
(d) Rice.

3. What is among the tortillas brought to Eddie by his aunt in Chapter 2?
(a) A few photographs.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) Drugs.
(d) A gun.

4. What had Eddie returned to City College to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Talk to a professor.
(b) Use the computers.
(c) Enroll in more classes.
(d) Sell his textbooks.

5. What is the narrative point-of-view of Buried Onions?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Fourth person.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was author Gary Soto born?

2. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s residence when he does not return in Chapter 2?

3. Everyone believes that Eddie has done what in the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. What do Eddie’s mother and aunt give him to eat when they visit in Chapter 3?

5. Eddie’s cousin was murdered by a stranger after making a comment about the stranger’s what?

(see the answer key)

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