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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Yuk-yuk get his nickname?
(a) Because his dad tells jokes.
(b) Because of his distinctive laugh.
(c) Because the gang likes to laugh at him.
(d) Because he hates jokes.

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

5. What is the gang's connection to the vacant lot?
(a) They sell it.
(b) They rent it.
(c) The gang has claimed it as their own.
(d) They never go near it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Luis's father's new job last?

2. What happened in the accusations against Luis's father?

3. Who usually doesn't go to the "real beach?"

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

5. What seem to the be the only kinds of jobs Luis's father can find when he first comes to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of relationship does Seni and her husband have?

2. After they leave Seni's, how is Luis' new neighborhood described?

3. How does Luis describe his mother at the beginning of the book?

4. What do Luis and Rano do with their money they earn?

5. How did Luis's family end up settling in Los Angeles?

6. What does the gang discover about the white people at the beach?

7. Why did Luis break his toys at Christmas?

8. Who is Yuk Yuk and what influence does he has on Luis's life?

9. What happens when the gang goes to a "real beach?"

10. What do the people in "Thee Impersonations" desire?

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