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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Luis about the Neighborhood Youth Corps program?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Chente.
(c) Roberta.
(d) Lisa.

2. Who is Luis with when he finds the police at their home?
(a) His mother.
(b) Rano.
(c) Seni.
(d) His father.

3. What did Luis's father vow after the accusations in the beginning of the book?
(a) To be a better father.
(b) To be a better husband.
(c) To leave the country.
(d) To never work in a school again.

4. Who ends up painting a mural on the concession stand that is the scene of a gang incident?
(a) Luis.
(b) Jandro.
(c) Shed.
(d) Rano.

5. Why does Luis agree to a plea bargain in the incident with the beating of the woman?
(a) Because he is guilty.
(b) Because he doesn't care about fighting.
(c) Because it would be his word against the officers'.
(d) Because he just wants to get out of jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the gang plan a trip to a "real beach?"

2. Who is Seni?

3. Whose fight prompted the police to come to where Luis's family was staying in the beginning of the book?

4. Who is Roberta?

5. Why was Luis's father angry in this memory at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer key)

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