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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 does Jandro have Luis and Rano steal?
(a) Bikes.
(b) Food.
(c) Guns.
(d) Specific cars.

2. Who is the friction between at the beach?
(a) Luis and Rano.
(b) Seni and her husband.
(c) Luis and Clavo.
(d) Surfers and beaners.

3. Why was Luis's father angry in this memory at the beginning of the book?
(a) He refuses to go back to Mexico.
(b) He doesn't want Luis to have candy.
(c) He does not want to visit Union Station.
(d) He doesn't think Luis should be reading comic books.

4. What was the weapon used in the fight that prompted police to respond?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A BB gun.
(d) A nail file.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is Watts in?

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

3. How old was Luis in the memory he recalls at the beginning of the book?

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

5. What is Yuk-Yuk's real name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Luis known as "Chin?"

7. Why did Luis break his toys at Christmas?

8. Why did Rano pick on his brother?

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

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

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