View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Luis's family have to put all of their possessions when they have to move after the father loses his job?
(a) They sell them.
(b) A storage locker.
(c) They leave them behind.
(d) The garage.

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

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

4. What city is Watts in?
(a) L.A.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Dallas.

5. Luis thinks he would be able to kill, but not as part of what?
(a) A theft.
(b) A gang.
(c) A shooting.
(d) A burglary.

6. How old was Luis in the memory he recalls at the beginning of the book?
(a) 9.
(b) 19.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

7. What do Luis and Rano do with the money they earn at 9 years old?
(a) Give it all to their dad.
(b) Spend it on comics.
(c) Give it all to their mom.
(d) Spend it on candy.

8. What kind of car goes by when a gang member is shot in the face?
(a) A convertible.
(b) A car without plates.
(c) An old car.
(d) A new car.

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

10. What happens when people sign up to get a subscription that Luis and Rano are selling in the neighborhood?
(a) They sign up for the free gift but never pay.
(b) They tell him to go away.
(c) They run away before paying.
(d) They spit in his face.

11. Who is Seni?
(a) Luis's half-sister.
(b) Luis's stepsister.
(c) Luis's mom.
(d) Luis's grandma.

12. Who works at a car wash when Luis's mother tell the boys to get jobs?
(a) Luis and Rano.
(b) Luis's dad.
(c) Seni.
(d) Luis's mom.

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

14. What happens at the concession stand when Luis is there on a gang mission?
(a) Rano kills a man.
(b) A man can't open the safe.
(c) Luis begins to cry.
(d) Shed kills a man.

15. Who disappears without a trace after being injured in a gang shooting?
(a) Luis.
(b) Clavo.
(c) Seni.
(d) Rano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Luis's father doing when he met his mother?

2. Who is Rano?

3. How are students divided at Luis's high school?

4. How old was Luis's dad when he married Luis's mom?

5. What did Luis's mother buy him in the memory at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 449 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample