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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. How are students divided at Luis's high school?
(a) By grade.
(b) By neighborhoods.
(c) By learning level.
(d) By race and social class.

2. Who works at a car wash when Luis's mother tell the boys to get jobs?
(a) Seni.
(b) Luis's dad.
(c) Luis and Rano.
(d) Luis's mom.

3. Luis thinks he would be able to kill, but not as part of what?
(a) A gang.
(b) A shooting.
(c) A burglary.
(d) A theft.

4. Where did Luis's allegedly commit this crime?
(a) A bank.
(b) A store.
(c) A school.
(d) A church.

5. How old was Luis in the memory he recalls at the beginning of the book?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which gang member is shot in the face near the vacant lot?

2. What happens to Luis's family after the police come to their home in the beginning of the book?

3. What was injured in the fight that prompted police to respond?

4. Where did Luis's father meet his mother?

5. Why was Luis's father angry in this memory at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Rano pick on his brother?

5. What happens to the person who took up the challenge to fight with the whites at the beach?

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Luis break his toys at Christmas?

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