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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. What is Luis's cash prize for winning the contest?
(a) $2,500.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $25.
(d) $250.

2. Why does Luis say the gang wars pause midway through the book?
(a) Because of the Vietnam protests.
(b) Civil Rights.
(c) The gangs had broken up.
(d) Because of women's rights protests.

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

4. What happens to Santos when the police arrive on the attempted murder scene?
(a) His lawyer protects him.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He confesses.
(d) He escapes.

5. What happens to Little Man?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He dies in a car wreck.
(c) He joins the Sangras.
(d) He gets cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Viviana's brothers?

2. As part of a shopping spree after Luis's dad gets a new job, what does Luis's mom get?

3. What do Luis and Rano do with the money they earn at 9 years old?

4. What does Luis's mother occasionally do for work?

5. What does Jandro have Luis and Rano steal?

(see the answer key)

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