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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What institution did Eddie recently drop out of in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Kern College.
(b) Sierra College.
(c) City College.
(d) Sequoia College.

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

3. The man selling onions that José and Eddie encounter in Chapter 4 is selling them for how much per sack?
(a) $8.
(b) $5.
(c) $10.
(d) $3.

4. What is Eddie’s principle mode of transportation in the novel?
(a) His bike.
(b) A car.
(c) Walking.
(d) The bus.

5. In Chapter 7, Eddie says, “"Coach had known most of us when we were knee-high gangsters with” what “hanging from our mouths”?
(a) Candy cigarettes.
(b) 40oz bottles.
(c) Tongues.
(d) Spit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eddie go about eradicating the pests in his apartment in Chapter 7?

2. Who tries to start a fight with Eddie as Coach is on the phone in Chapter 6?

3. Eddie’s aunt tells him that who will help him achieve the action she wants him to do in Chapter 2?

4. Who calls Eddie while his mother and aunt are visiting in Chapter 3?

5. What does the narrator say the kids sniff from paper bags to get high in Chapter 5?

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