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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means foolish or silly?
(a) Tonto.
(b) Mira.
(c) Abrazo.
(d) Paleta.

2. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 refers to a trowel, or hand tool with a curved blade used in gardening?
(a) Raspada.
(b) Paleta.
(c) Comadre.
(d) Besos.

3. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means a kiss?
(a) Ratoncito.
(b) Comadre.
(c) Diablito.
(d) Besos.

4. Why do José and Eddie go to the hospital in Chapter 8?
(a) To see Angel.
(b) To have José’s stitches removed
(c) To see Aunt Delores.
(d) To have Eddie’s stitches removed

5. What Spanish word from Chapter 6 translates in English to demon?
(a) Diablito.
(b) Nalgas.
(c) Ratoncito.
(d) Comadre.

6. Who whacks Eddie from behind while he is at Angel’s home in Chapter 8?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Jose.
(c) Jesus
(d) Coach.

7. What in literature arise from obstacles located outside the protagonist including nature, the supernatural, or society?
(a) Integral conflicts.
(b) External conflicts.
(c) Internal conflicts.
(d) Relational conflicts.

8. Who is upset at Eddie’s presence when he arrives at José’s home in Chapter 8?
(a) José’s mother.
(b) Coach.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Jose.

9. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means alert, ready, or sharp?
(a) Chale.
(b) Changos.
(c) Chale.
(d) Tejano.

10. What is Eddie accused of when he is arrested in Chapter 6?
(a) Arson.
(b) Murder.
(c) Having unpaid parking tickets.
(d) Stealing Mr. Stiles’s truck.

11. Eddie accuses Angel of killing whom in Chapter 8?
(a) Jose.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Coach.
(d) Jesus.

12. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?
(a) Integral conflict.
(b) Internal conflict.
(c) External conflict.
(d) Relational conflict.

13. What does Eddie remark about Angel’s appearance when he sees him in the hospital in Chapter 8?
(a) He is using crutches.
(b) He has stitches above his eye.
(c) He is in a wheelchair.
(d) He has a cast on.

14. Eddie runs away from Angel’s home in Chapter 8 because he believes that Angel has gone to get what?
(a) A knife.
(b) A rope.
(c) A cop.
(d) A gun.

15. What is the name of Eddie’s godmother’s dog in the narrative?
(a) Queenie.
(b) Roscoe.
(c) Champ.
(d) Alfred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish word translates in English to mean “green”?

2. What younger gang leader tries to cause trouble with Eddie in Chapter 5?

3. When Coach takes Eddie to a “secret” spot in Chapter 7, he realizes it is the same place that he and other high school kids went to do to what?

4. Who does Eddie go to see in Fresno after visiting with Coach in Chapter 6?

5. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means to embrace or hug?

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