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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does someone encourage Peralta to apply for high school?
(a) Collegiate.
(b) Assumption Prep.
(c) Rohandry.
(d) Padilla Prep.

2. In Chapter 7, what does Peralta do with his friends that he later has doubts about?
(a) Tracks down a contact to sell them drugs.
(b) Break into someone's apartment to steal money.
(c) Figures out how to disarm security systems.
(d) Tracks down a woman they heard gives blow jobs for five dollars.

3. Which kid starts bullying Peralta because Peralta is interested in his girlfriend?
(a) Merly.
(b) Geno.
(c) Rick.
(d) Frank.

4. Where do Peralta and Yando look forward to eating as a very special treat during the time they spend in the homeless shelter?
(a) Mack's.
(b) Burger King.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Chipotle.

5. What is the name of Peralta's family's church through most of his youth?
(a) St. Brigit's.
(b) Malay's.
(c) Assumption.
(d) Resurrection.

6. Which fictional character does Peralta idolize in his youth for a time?
(a) Dr. Strange.
(b) Edmond Dantes.
(c) Nicholas Nickleby.
(d) Spiderman.

7. Who is the first friend at Collegiate that Peralta goes home with?
(a) Rollo.
(b) Randy.
(c) Steven.
(d) Nick.

8. What serious illness does Maria come down with in the homeless shelter?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Yellow Fever.
(c) TB.
(d) Dengue.

9. Where is Peralta's first apartment after leaving the homeless shelter with his family?
(a) Catherine Street.
(b) Maynard.
(c) Bradhurst.
(d) Jefferson Street.

10. What is strange about Yando for a long period in his childhood?
(a) He eats only yellow food.
(b) He wears only shorts, even in winter.
(c) He never wears shoes.
(d) He talks very rarely.

11. What impresses Peralta's Sunday school teacher in Part II?
(a) He is very good at sports.
(b) He can recite Bible verses.
(c) He knows the Pope's full name.
(d) His Italian is very good.

12. What book does Jeff buy for Peralta for his tenth birthday?
(a) The Unabridged Shakespeare.
(b) The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) The Complete Sherlock Holmes.
(d) Marshall Landry.

13. What term of affection does Maria routinely use towards Peralta?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Mi'jo.
(c) Bonito.
(d) Kid.

14. Who does Peralta's aunt introduce Maria to in the hopes that they will start a relationship in Part I?
(a) Ricky.
(b) Frankie.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Jose.

15. Who is the Dominican leader Peralta's mother tells him was evil?
(a) Mando Josilio.
(b) Rafael Trujilo.
(c) Marshall Rodelio.
(d) Ricky Martino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity at Collegiate does Peralta join in ninth grade?

2. Where does Father Michael take some of the Resurrection kids in Chapter 7?

3. What phrase does Maria use to describe the thing she does not want Peralta or Yando to become?

4. How much is the tuition at Collegiate when Peralta applies there?

5. What classical character does Peralta most closely identify with in Chapter 5?

(see the answer keys)

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