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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Luis's family has to move in with a relative?
(a) They become closer.
(b) They cry all the time.
(c) They begin to hate each other.
(d) They are constantly fighting.

2. What happened in the accusations against Luis's father?
(a) He was found guilty.
(b) Charges were dropped after a trial.
(c) He was eventually found innocent.
(d) He was released after a trial.

3. What happens the first time Luis begins school in America?
(a) A teacher objects to having him in the class.
(b) A teacher welcomes him with open arms.
(c) He speaks English clearly.
(d) He is tranferred to a different school.

4. How was Luis's first Christmas in Watts?
(a) The best ever.
(b) The usual.
(c) Better than Mexico.
(d) Not good.

5. Why was Luis's father angry in this memory at the beginning of the book?
(a) He doesn't want Luis to have candy.
(b) He doesn't think Luis should be reading comic books.
(c) He refuses to go back to Mexico.
(d) He does not want to visit Union Station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Luis's father jailed after his parents were married?

2. Where did that memory take place that is described at the beginning of the book?

3. Who is often ill in the family?

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

5. What city is Watts in?

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