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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of job does Luis's father get in the flashback in the beginning of the book that prompts him to buy a better home and other things?
(a) A substitute teaching position.
(b) A principal position.
(c) A union job.
(d) A factory worker.

2. Where does Luis's family have to put all of their possessions when they have to move after the father loses his job?
(a) A storage locker.
(b) The garage.
(c) They leave them behind.
(d) They sell them.

3. Which gang is preparing for war after the shooting at the vacant lot?
(a) Impersonations.
(b) Rano's gang.
(c) The Old Boys.
(d) The Tribe.

4. How are students divided at Luis's high school?
(a) By race and social class.
(b) By grade.
(c) By neighborhoods.
(d) By learning level.

5. What was injured in the fight that prompted police to respond?
(a) Seni's husband.
(b) Seni.
(c) Luis.
(d) The mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the gang taken into custody after the fight at the beach?

2. Who usually doesn't go to the "real beach?"

3. What happens to Luis's family after the police come to their home in the beginning of the book?

4. What happened in the accusations against Luis's father?

5. How does Luis describe his family's house in Watts?

(see the answer key)

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