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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 instrument does Luis want to learn how to play when he is in high school?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Drums.

2. Why does the gang plan a trip to a "real beach?"
(a) To celebrate a birthday.
(b) To celebrate Clavo coming home from the hospital.
(c) Because it's hot.
(d) To get away from rival gangs.

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

4. Besides an eye, what else do the gang members think their comrade has lost in the shooting?
(a) His nerve.
(b) His excitement.
(c) His patience.
(d) His money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens the first time Luis begins school in America?

2. What job is Luis a champion at after he begins working to help support the family?

3. Why was Luis's father jailed after his parents were married?

4. Where did that memory take place that is described at the beginning of the book?

5. Who works at a car wash when Luis's mother tell the boys to get jobs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Luis's early memories reveal about his feelings toward his father?

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

3. How does Luis's problem with stealing and killing come to a head at the concession stand?

4. What happens when Luis's father gets a better job?

5. Who are "Thee Impersonations"?

6. How does graffiti show a rift within the gang?

7. What happens when the students at Luis's father's school can't understand his accent?

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

9. Explain how Yuk-Yuk and Luis differ on their feelings about stealing and killing.

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

(see the answer keys)

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