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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie’s aunt want him to do for her in Chapter 2?
(a) Avenge her son’s death.
(b) Go shopping with her.
(c) Pay her for the tortillas.
(d) Get out of the barrio.

2. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s house along with a note in Chapter 3?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) The truck keys.
(c) Money.
(d) A gift.

3. Most of the residents of Eddie’s neighborhood are descended from what heritage?
(a) Russian
(b) Canadian.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Irish.

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

5. When was author Gary Soto born?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Stiles live in the novel?

2. What institution did Eddie recently drop out of in the beginning of the novel?

3. When did author Gary Soto earn his B.A. degree in English?

4. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?

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

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