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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the gang taken into custody after the fight at the beach?

3. Everyone is released after the beach fight except for who?

4. Before Yuk-Yuk, had Luis stolen before?

5. What was the weapon used in the fight that prompted police to respond?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Luis describe his high school?

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

9. Who are "Thee Impersonations"?

10. Why did Luis break his toys at Christmas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Luis's father's struggle to maintain a job causes the family to move to L.A. and how the job situation is once he gets there.

Essay Topic 2

It's interesting that Luis has never expressed his own level of commitment to the gang, but does say that he knows he can't say no when asked to participate in a particular raid or gang event. Compare and contract Luis's commitment to the gang with his commitment to his family.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the race problems at Luis's high school, including specific incidents from the book involving teachers and students. How do they affect Luis? Why?

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