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

4. What was Luis's father doing when he met his mother?
(a) Becoming a teacher.
(b) Participating in a foreign study program.
(c) Forming a gang.
(d) Leaving for New York.

5. Who has children from previous relationships between the relationship between Luis's mom and dad?
(a) Neither.
(b) Luis's mom.
(c) Luis's dad.
(d) Both.

6. Who took care of Seni for so long that she didn't recognize her own father?
(a) Luis.
(b) Her grandma.
(c) Luis's mom.
(d) Her mother.

7. Why is the gang taken into custody after the fight at the beach?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Drugs and alcohol.
(d) Assaulting a police officer.

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

9. Everyone is released after the beach fight except for who?
(a) Black Dog.
(b) Luis.
(c) Rano.
(d) Clavo.

10. What seem to the be the only kinds of jobs Luis's father can find when he first comes to America?
(a) School jobs.
(b) Desk jobs.
(c) Out of state jobs.
(d) Labor jobs.

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

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

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

14. Who is often ill in the family?
(a) Luis's sister.
(b) Luis.
(c) Luis's father.
(d) Luis's mother.

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