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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luis's mother occasionally do for work?
(a) Work at the mall.
(b) Take care of children or cleaning houses.
(c) Work at fast-food restaurant.
(d) Work at Walgreens.

2. Before Yuk-Yuk, had Luis stolen before?
(a) Yes, and the same type of big stuff.
(b) Occasionally he would rob a home.
(c) Yes, but never anything big.
(d) No.

3. Why does media coverage of gangs increase partway through the book?
(a) Because there is someone secretly talking to reporters.
(b) Because someone is talking to police.
(c) Because the violence has escalated.
(d) Neighbors are angry.

4. Where does Luis father work as a janitor when Luis is in high school?
(a) A community college.
(b) A retail store.
(c) The jail.
(d) A restaurant.

5. What is the gang's connection to the vacant lot?
(a) They sell it.
(b) They never go near it.
(c) They rent it.
(d) The gang has claimed it as their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Luis's father meet his mother?

2. Who disappears without a trace after being injured in a gang shooting?

3. Who knows that police presence is heavy when the Lomas plan to get revenge on the Sangras?

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

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

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