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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 kind of car goes by when a gang member is shot in the face?
(a) A car without plates.
(b) A new car.
(c) A convertible.
(d) An old car.

2. Who has children from previous relationships between the relationship between Luis's mom and dad?
(a) Neither.
(b) Luis's mom.
(c) Both.
(d) Luis's dad.

3. What did Luis's mother buy him in the memory at the beginning of the book?
(a) A comic book.
(b) A toothbrush.
(c) A lollipop.
(d) A candy bar.

4. After stealing for Shed and Jandro, what do Luis and Rano graduate to?
(a) Bank burglaries.
(b) Selling drugs.
(c) Residential burglary.
(d) Selling guns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gang's connection to the vacant lot?

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

3. What does Shed give Luis and Rano for stealing?

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 happens to Clavo's feelings about the gang after he is shot in the eye?

2. Who are "Thee Impersonations"?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Rano pick on his brother?

8. What was Luis's family's neighborhood and house like in Los Angeles?

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

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

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