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

2. Who loses an eye in the gang shooting?
(a) Seni.
(b) Luis.
(c) Rano.
(d) Clavo.

3. What is Yuk-Yuk's real name?
(a) Jim Smith.
(b) Claudio Ponce.
(c) Black dog.
(d) Seni.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes up the challenge to fight at the beach?

2. Who does Luis think teachers favor at his high school?

3. Which gang is preparing for war after the shooting at the vacant lot?

4. What did Luis's father vow after the accusations in the beginning of the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luis describe his high school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Luis's saxophone cause a rift between him and Joe?

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

10. Why did Rano pick on his brother?

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