The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

American History

1. What grade is the narrator in?

Ninth.

2. Where does the narrator live?

New Jersey.

3. What type of music can be heard playing in the narrator's apartment building?

Salsa.

4. Where did Eugene move from?

Georgia.

5. How does the girl feel about living in the city?

She hates it.

6. Who is killed the day the girl has plans with Eugene?

The president.

7. Who answers the door when the girl goes to study with Eugene?

Eugene's mother.

8. Why do the kids at school tease the girl?

For being skinny.

9. Where did the girl's family come from?

Puerto Rico.

10. Why do the kids at school tease Eugene?

For his accent.

11. What happens when the girl goes to bed in "American History"?

She cries.

12. What does the girl watch out her bedroom window in "American History"?

Snow.

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