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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 the narrator's mother's occupation in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) High school teacher.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Middle school teacher.

2. What type of vehicle does Ari want when he turns 16?
(a) Convertible.
(b) Old pickup truck.
(c) Low-rider car.
(d) Sports car.

3. What is Ari's brother's name?
(a) Martine.
(b) Miguel.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Bernardo.

4. What is the narrator's racial heritage in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Italian.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Middle Eastern.
(d) Black.

5. In Section 1, Chapter 7, what is on the walls of Ari's bedroom?
(a) His artwork.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Posters.
(d) Framed prints.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ari's mother cry in Section 2, Chapter 3?

2. What is Ari's father's occupation?

3. Why does Dante say that he speak funny?

4. When Ari wakes in Section 3, Chapter 1, how long has it been since the accident?

5. At the beginning of Section 3, Chapter 1, how often can Ari have pain medicine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ari like the drawing of the chair that Dante creates for him?

2. Why doesn't Dante get along with his cousins?

3. How often does Ari's father visit Ari when he is in the hospital and what do they do together?

4. What is Dante's father like?

5. What do Ari and Dante's families do together before the Quintanas leave?

6. Why does Dante's mom want him to wear shoes?

7. How does Ari describe his journal?

8. What is Ari's mood at the beginning of Section 1, Chapter 1?

9. How does Ari describe his surgeon?

10. Why does Ari write in his journal that he is glad Dante is leaving for Chicago?

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