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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 principal position.
(b) A factory worker.
(c) A union job.
(d) A substitute teaching position.

2. What did Luis's mother buy him in the memory at the beginning of the book?
(a) A toothbrush.
(b) A comic book.
(c) A lollipop.
(d) A candy bar.

3. Whose fight prompted the police to come to where Luis's family was staying in the beginning of the book?
(a) Rano and Luis.
(b) Luis and his father.
(c) Seni and her husband.
(d) Rano and his mother.

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

5. Where did Luis's father meet his mother?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) New York.
(d) L.A.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country did Luis's family originally live?

2. Who has children from previous relationships between the relationship between Luis's mom and dad?

3. How was Luis's first Christmas in Watts?

4. Who ends up painting a mural on the concession stand that is the scene of a gang incident?

5. What high school does Luis attend?

(see the answer key)

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