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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. Who is the friction between at the beach?
(a) Surfers and beaners.
(b) Luis and Clavo.
(c) Seni and her husband.
(d) Luis and Rano.

2. Why do Luis and his friends want to go to high school midway through the story?
(a) To learn.
(b) To score drugs.
(c) To gang up on the Lomas.
(d) To meet girls.

3. Who does Luis jump with the Lomas?
(a) A group of whites.
(b) A group of Mexicans.
(c) Another gang.
(d) A group of kids from his high school.

4. What happens to Luis's family after the police come to their home in the beginning of the book?
(a) They are on the run.
(b) They divide up.
(c) They go to Florida.
(d) They are evicted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Sangras shoot that prompts revenge from the Lomas?

2. Who thinks that Luis's thoughts on killing are a problem?

3. Who took care of Seni for so long that she didn't recognize her own father?

4. What high school does Luis attend?

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

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