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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some of the neighbors call kids on the streets?
(a) Rugrats.
(b) Terrors.
(c) Problem causers.
(d) Hoodlums.

2. What does Luis find out about Roberta shortly after he begins to like her?
(a) She is a prostitute.
(b) She is a mother.
(c) She has a boyfriend.
(d) She has left town.

3. Who tells Luis to get a gun after the bikers accost?
(a) Vivian.
(b) Mr. Madison.
(c) Chente.
(d) Santos.

4. Who performs as mascots at the dance?
(a) Rano.
(b) Luis and Esme.
(c) Just Luis.
(d) Just Esme.

5. Why do the Lomas come to power?
(a) Because Luis is in charge.
(b) Because of the death of the leader of The Animal Tribe.
(c) Because the other gang leaves town.
(d) Because Rano is in charge.

6. Who is Roberta?
(a) A cousin.
(b) A girlfriend of a rival gang member.
(c) A girl Luis meets and falls in love with.
(d) A teacher.

7. Who is Little Man?
(a) A member of the Lomas.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A social worker.
(d) A cop.

8. What kinds of injuries does the person have who takes a beating to join the Lomas?
(a) Ribs and eye injuries.
(b) Broken leg.
(c) Broken arm.
(d) Swollen lip.

9. What kind of sign does Luis take the mascot changes as?
(a) They are not important.
(b) Things are getting worse.
(c) Barriers are coming down.
(d) He's getting more popular.

10. What happens to Little Man?
(a) He gets cancer.
(b) He dies in a car wreck.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He joins the Sangras.

11. Who began To Help Mexican American Students?
(a) Mr. Madison.
(b) Students.
(c) Parents.
(d) Teachers.

12. What gang does Cokie belong to?
(a) Lomas.
(b) Sangras.
(c) The Spikes.
(d) No gang.

13. Who attends Taft High School midway through the book?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Rano.
(c) Luis.
(d) Roberta.

14. Who are Viviana's brothers?
(a) Cops.
(b) Detectives.
(c) Hardcore gang members.
(d) Priests.

15. Whose calls does Vivian eventually refuse?
(a) Cops.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Ranos.
(d) Luis's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers that Luis has been writing a book?

2. Where does Luis find Vivian after he had been waiting for her at the dance?

3. How do the Lomas know that no one in their revenge plan was hurt?

4. Who is the leader of The Animal Tribe?

5. Why does The Animal Tribe start to decline?

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