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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comes to the neighborhood to try to address the gang problems?
(a) More police.
(b) Detectives.
(c) Guns.
(d) Community centers.

2. Who tries out for one of the mascot dancing roles?
(a) Vivian.
(b) Chente.
(c) Luis.
(d) Rano.

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

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

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

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

7. Who will think Luis is weak if he does not react immediately to get revenge on the Sangras?
(a) The neighborhood.
(b) The Lomas.
(c) The Sangras.
(d) Police.

8. What kind of drugs from the garage does Luis turn to?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Pills.
(c) Sniffing.
(d) Marijuana.

9. How old is Luis when is he turned away by the gang members using hard drugs?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

10. What happens to Cokie?
(a) She becomes pregnant.
(b) She goes missing.
(c) She is brutally murdered.
(d) She marries Luis.

11. Who tells Luis new information about Roberta?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her friends.
(c) His gang members.
(d) Her mother.

12. What does the neighborhood plan to do about gang violence?
(a) Get more cops.
(b) Become better parents.
(c) They're not sure -- they plan another meeting.
(d) Get better teachers.

13. What is the school mascot at Keppel High School?
(a) An Aztec Indian.
(b) A dog.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A lion.

14. Who is Sal Basuto?
(a) A Lomas community center worker.
(b) A social services worker.
(c) A cop.
(d) A Sangra community center worker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the mascot changed at Keppel High school?

2. What does Luis find out about Roberta shortly after he begins to like her?

3. Who tells Luis to get a gun after the bikers accost?

4. Who attends Taft High School midway through the book?

5. When the leader of The Animal tribe was killed, who was pregnant?

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